Chinese envoy to India visits IDSA, holds 'detailed discussions' over bilateral relations

Chinese ambassador to India H.E. Sun Weidong on Tuesday visited Mahar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) amid escalated tensions between two neighbouring countries. Chinese envoy on his visit held 'detailed discussions' with IDSA DG Sujan Chiy over Indo-China LAC standoff and state of bilateral relations between two countries. visit comes just a day after Indian government banned 59 Chinese mobile apps citing security and privacy concerns. 

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India bans 59 Chinese mobile apps

In a massive development, Home Ministry on Monday banned 59 Chinese Apps including Tik-Tok. Centre stated that it has received many complaints from various sources including several reports about misuse of se apps for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorized manner to servers which have locations outside India. Hence, in a move to protect sovereignty of Indian Cyber and to ensure interests of crores of Indian mobile users, government has stated that this was a major blow to China’s Digital Silk Route ambitions. This move comes amid escalated tensions at Line of Actual Control (LAC).

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Chinese Embassy responds to ban 

Responding to government's decision to ban 59 mobile apps, Counselor at Chinese Embassy in India, Ji Rong stated that neighbouring nation is 'seriously concerned' and 'firmly opposed' to action taken. Rong has alleged that ban is 'selective and discriminatory' and is also t conducive to consumer interests, adding that it 'violates' WTO rules. Moreover, Chinese embassy Counselor has urged Indian government to change its 'discriminatory practices' and maintain momentum of China-India ecomic and trade cooperation. 

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