India bans Chinese Baidu Search, Weibo in second round of tech purges, reports say


A file photo of Indian activists shouting slogans during a protest against Chinese apps in Jammu, India. In late June India banned 59 Chinese-developed applications from use in India after tensions between the Asian giants came to a head over Himalayan border disputes. The renewed list of banned apps mainly targeted clones of previously banned ones, but with the bans Baidu Search and Weibo, India’s tech marketplace has been all but purged of Chinese made products. — AP

MOSCOW: Chinese flagship tech products Weibo and Baidu Search have been blocked by India’s government in the second batch of application bans instituted by New Delhi, Sputnik news agency quoted media report on Aug 4.

According to the Times of India news outlet citing sources, the Chinese equivalents of Google search and Twitter was among the 47 additional apps banned late last month.

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