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India extends siege to communist China and blocks PUBG Mobile game and over 100 apps

On Wednesday (2), the Indian Ministry of Technology released to the press a list of 118 Chinese applications that have been banned from the country. Among them, is the mobile version of the game PUBG (acronym for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) - which is from the Chinese Tencent -, the messaging app WeChat and its corporate division WeChat Work and several others related to China.
The mobile version of PUBG, launched in February 2018, already has more than 50 million active players worldwide. The battle royale electronic game - or battle royale - is available for Android and iOS smartphones, and a report from an electronic sports portal showed that India was, until then, among the countries where the game is most successful.
The justification for the ban is that the Indian government accuses China of using these apps to steal data from its inhabitants. The government claims to have received numerous complaints from Indian citizens who are concerned about their privacy.

Check out the full list of apps that have just been banned from India below:


The fight between the two countries also appears to be related to the dispute over the Himalayan border. Both countries have sent more military troops to the region of Ladaque in recent months. 

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