<story><title>India bans PUBG, Baidu and more than 100 apps linked to China</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53998205</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>actuator</author><text>I think this might be related to the Tibetan origin special forces soldier of Indian Army being killed in some recent altercation with PRC on their northern border.[1]&lt;p&gt;I do think India is going on a slippery slope now. With Tiktok, one can even make a case of it being used to manipulate sentiments and being used for propoganda, but 
that argument can hardly be made for a game like PubG. It also brings into question whether the ruling government can disrupt a business on its whim of the day.&lt;p&gt;Also, as far as I understand India is far more dependent economically on trade with China then China is on India. Do they really want to start a trade war with China?&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;sep&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;indian-special-forces-soldier-killed-in-skirmish-with-chinese-troops&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;sep&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;indian-special...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>addicted</author><text>The ruling government has destroyed the Indian economy with its arbitrary decisions. And sometimes the get the judiciary to chip in as well.&lt;p&gt;The first real disaster to the Indian economy was the billions in retroactive taxes that were applied to telecoms. And then the attempt made by the government to break through the corporate firewalls and extract that money from foreign parents. That hit FDI immediately.&lt;p&gt;That was followed by demonetization, extremely poor rollout of GST, a terribly executed lockdown and subsequent reopening, and now the arbitrary control over Chinese companies when China is probably the largest private investor in India right now. All these things are hurting India with little benefit to show for, other than jingoistic support for the ruling party.&lt;p&gt;India is yet another example of “&amp;lt;Country&amp;gt; First” parties coming in and taking actions which undermine the absolute fundamentals of what the country is and damaging it and its citizens in so many ways.&lt;p&gt;Make life terrible for your citizens and blame China while looting your citizens left right and center is apparently a winning strategy in multiple countries.</text></comment>
<story><title>India bans PUBG, Baidu and more than 100 apps linked to China</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53998205</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>actuator</author><text>I think this might be related to the Tibetan origin special forces soldier of Indian Army being killed in some recent altercation with PRC on their northern border.[1]&lt;p&gt;I do think India is going on a slippery slope now. With Tiktok, one can even make a case of it being used to manipulate sentiments and being used for propoganda, but 
that argument can hardly be made for a game like PubG. It also brings into question whether the ruling government can disrupt a business on its whim of the day.&lt;p&gt;Also, as far as I understand India is far more dependent economically on trade with China then China is on India. Do they really want to start a trade war with China?&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;sep&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;indian-special-forces-soldier-killed-in-skirmish-with-chinese-troops&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;sep&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;indian-special...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>t_minus_3</author><text>India has all the right to protect its economy and people from chinese spying and tech dependency . Is nt that what US is doing with tariffs and bringing back jobs??  
&amp;quot;Do they really want to start a trade war with China?&amp;quot;
why not?? It already too late to stop china. India needs to protect its borders and economy from chinese incursions</text></comment>