HONG KONG, Sept 5 (SMP): With many popular Chinese mobile games now banned in India, there is plenty of opportunity for Western or home-grown alternatives to replace them. And investors are taking notice, experts say.
On Wednesday, India banned 118 Chinese mobile apps, almost a third of which were games. Tencent Holdings’ hit mobile game PUBG Mobile was among the 35 games blocked in the latest move, which came after the government first banned 59 Chinese apps including video-sharing sensation TikTok and messaging app WeChat in June. The list in June only included two games.
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