India-China Faceoff
China cries foul over India's second digital strike on Beijing post-Ladakh faceoff
Beijing/IBNS: China has cried foul over the Indian government's banning of 118 mobile apps including the very popular PUBG following the fresh attempt by the neighbour to change the status-quo along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), media reports said.
Opposing India's move, Chinese commerce ministry spokesperson Gao Feng said New Delhi's actions violate the legal interests of Chinese investors and service providers.
The ministry has also shown the audacity of asking India to correct its mistakes even after attempting to inflame the cross-border situation just a few days ago.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said it has received many complaints from various sources including several reports about misuse of some mobile apps available on Android and iOS platforms for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorized manner to servers which have locations outside India.
LAC Tension
In a fresh attempt to change the status-quo at the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the Chinese troops have carried out provocative military movements at Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh to only get thwarted by India, the country's Defence Ministry said on Monday.
The Indian Defence Ministry said the incident happened on the 'night of 29/30 August 2020'.
"PLA troops violated the previous consensus arrived at during military and diplomatic engagements during the ongoing standoff in Eastern Ladakh and carried out provocative military movements to change the status quo," read the official statement.
This is the first attempt by China to trespass at the LAC since the deadly border clash took place between soldiers of the two Asian giants at the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on Jun 15 night.
In the first deadly clash, in a time span of over 40 years, at least 20 Indian personnel were martyred.
Though China did not disclose the casualties on its side, unconfirmed reports claimed at least 45 Chinese personnel were killed in a befitting reply by the Indian soldiers.
The formal process of disengagement of troops began on Jul 6, following a two-hour-long meeting between India's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Even before the deadly clash on Jun 15, an agreement of disengagement of troops was finalised in the first round of Corp commander-level talks, which took place on 6th of the same month.
The Centre in June banned 59 apps with Chinese links including the very popular TikTok and UC Browser in the wake of the deadly faceoff with China in Ladakh on June 15 which left 20 Indian soldiers martyred.
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