Boycott Chinese Apps

The Indian government has banned a total of 59 Boycott Chinese Apps including the teen favorite TikTok. India's IT ministry has announced the banning of 59 Chinese apps that include giants names like TicTok, ShareIt, UC Browser, Likee, WeChat, and Bigo Live.

 

The biggest news trending is Boycott Chinese Apps in India. The Boycott Chinese Apps by the Indian government after the deadly clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers along the contested border which left 20 Indian soldiers dead.

 

The ministry said that it has "received many complaints from various sources including several reports about the 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."

China says it is concerned about India's decision to Boycott Chinese Apps such as Bytedance's TikTok and Tencent's WeChat and was making checks to verify the situation.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters during a daily news briefing on Tuesday that India has a responsibility to uphold the rights of Chinese businesses.

"We want to stress that the Chinese government always asks the Chinese businesses to abide by international and local laws and regulations," he said.

 

Hint2mint presents you some alternatives to the listed Boycott Chinese Apps

 

ShareChat for Tiktok

ShareChat is an Indian video creation app similar to short-video making app Tiktok. The app allows users to communicate and interact with other users on the platform.

ShareChat currently serves more than 60 million monthly active users in 15 different Indian languages. Most of its active users hail from tier-2 and tier-3 cities (like TikTok), with the majority of them relying on 2G networks.

 

Fortnite for PUBG Mobile*

If you love gaming, Fortnite is a solid alternative to PUBG Mobile. While PUBG PC has been developed by PUBG Corporation, a Korean company, the mobile version of the game has been developed by China-based Tencent.

The closest alternative to the game is Fortnite which has been developed by Epic Games, an American game developer (Tencent has a 40 percent stake in Epic Games).

 

JioBrowser for UC Browser

JioBrowser is a web browser developed by mobile Internet company Jio which helps surf the Internet faster as never before, respects the user's privacy, and is a lightweight web browser. It can easily replace China-based UC Browser.

 

Selfie Camera to BeautyPlus

Indian Selfie Camera is a 'make in India' alternative to BeautyPlus. It can make your selfie and photo more beautiful with filters as well as effects.

 

Adobe Scan for CamScanner

CamScanner is a document scanning app developed by INTSIG, a Chinese company based in Shanghai. Meanwhile, Adobe Scan offers better features to CamScanner and has been developed by Mountain View, the California-based company.

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