China rails against ‘discriminatory’ India app ban


The latest salvo announced on Sept 2 whipped in blockbuster shoot-'em-up game PUBG, and has angered Chinese authorities and dismayed Indian gamers. — AP

BEIJING: China on Sept 3 decried a fresh ban by India on scores of Chinese apps – including the hit game PUBG – as a bitter border showdown seeped out into the tech sphere.

Internet giant Tencent is among the Chinese makers of 118 more apps be targeted in the latest Indian ban, which follows a rumbling territorial dispute along a disputed Himalayan frontier.

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