'India Must Correct Its Mistakes': China Says Legal Interests Violated After 118 Mobile Apps Banned
News 18Taking strong exception to India’s decision to ban 118 more Chinese apps, including the hugely popular online multiplayer game PUBG, amid a fresh stand-off between the neighbours, China’s commerce ministry said on Thursday the “Indian actions violate the legal interests of Chinese investors and services providers and China asks India to correct its mistakes”. “India has abused the concept of national security and adopted discriminatory restrictive measures against Chinese companies,” Chinese commerce ministry spokesman Gao Feng told an online press briefing on Thursday. Beijing also implied India had imposed the ban in the face of pressure from the United States, with foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying warning Thursday against “short-sighted” participation in US restrictions against Chinese technology. The Indian government on Wednesday banned 118 mostly-Chinese mobile applications, including the popular online multiplayer game PUBG, after a fresh round of border confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh.