India bans another 43 Chinese apps as border tensions along LAC continue to simmer

• India has banned another 43 chinese apps from the country in the name of data privacy and security.
• The list mostly consists of dating apps that pose the risk of ‘honey trapping’ officials or soldiers.
• It also bans the online shopping application AlibabaExpress.

As tensions between India and China continue to simmer, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has banned another Chinese 43 apps from India.

This is the third such list that the government has issued in which no direct mention has been made to China or the app’s origins, but the list still exclusively consists of Chinese mobile apps.

Notable names that have been featured on the list are the e-commerce company AliExpress, Snack Video — which had been gaining popularity after the ban of TikTok — and Alibaba Workbench.

However, more notably, out of the 43 apps that India has chosen to ban, 15 are dating apps.

Here’s the full list of Chinese apps banned in India on November 24:

1. AliSuppliers Mobile App
2. Alibaba Workbench
3. AliExpress - Smarter Shopping, Better Living
4. Alipay Cashier
5. Lalamove India - Delivery App
6. Drive with Lalamove India
7. Snack Video
8. CamCard - Business Card Reader
9. CamCard - BCR (Western)
10. Soul- Follow the soul to find you
11. Chinese Social - Free Online Dating Video App & Chat
12. Date in Asia - Dating & Chat For Asian Singles
13. WeDate-Dating App
14. Free dating app-Singol, start your date!
15. Adore App
16. TrulyChinese - Chinese Dating App
17. TrulyAsian - Asian Dating App
18. ChinaLove: dating app for Chinese singles
19. DateMyAge: Chat, Meet, Date Mature Singles Online
20. AsianDate: find Asian singles
21. FlirtWish: chat with singles
22. Guys Only Dating: Gay Chat
23. Tubit: Live Streams
24. WeWorkChina
25. First Love Live- super hot live beauties live online
26. Rela - Lesbian Social Network
27. Cashier Wallet
28. MangoTV
29. MGTV-HunanTV official TV APP
30. WeTV - TV version
31. WeTV - Cdrama, Kdrama&More
32. WeTV Lite
33. Lucky Live-Live Video Streaming App
34. Taobao Live
35. DingTalk
36. Identity V
37. Isoland 2: Ashes of Time
38. BoxStar (Early Access)
39. Heroes Evolved
40. Happy Fish
41. Jellipop Match-Decorate your dream island！
42. Munchkin Match: magic home building
43. Conquista Online II