Tik-Toked: India’s Ban On Chinese Apps – Analysis

By Nishant Rajeev and Karthik Nachiappan*

India recently banned 59 mobile applications of Chinese origin, including Tik Tok and WeChat. The two apps are popular in India with surging demand – Tik Tok has 200 million users and 600 million downloads. The Indian government’s sudden decision has complicated ByteDance’s (Tik...