<p>AliExpress was the highest-profile app targeted this go-around, and Alipay Cashier and Alibaba Workbench were also included on this list. Many of the other 43 apps are lesser-known dating services and mobile games.</p><p>While there weren't as many high-profile apps targeted by this latest ban, it nonetheless represents a continuation of India's efforts to disentangle its tech sector from China. In June, Indian and Chinese troops <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/a530c332-8959-4824-b4c0-fbd98527ca39" target="_blank">fought</a> over a disputed border, leaving 21 Indian soldiers dead. Later that month, India <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-china-apps/india-bans-59-mostly-chinese-apps-amid-border-crisis-idUSKBN24025V" target="_blank">banned</a> 59 apps, including TikTok, UC Browser and WeChat. Then in September, India <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/04/chinese-state-media-accuses-india-of-jingoism-over-app-ban.html" target="_blank">banned</a> another 118 apps, <a href="https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1650669" target="_blank">including</a> Tencent's popular mobile game PUBG. In all three instances, the ministry said the bans were motivated by concerns over national sovereignty and data security.</p><p><p style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/newsletters">Get daily insights from the Protocol team in your inbox
</a></p></p><p><span></span>Chinese tech companies had been leading investors in India's digital economy prior to the border conflict. Seven of India's 10 highest-valued tech companies were backed by strategic investors from China, <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b1df5dfd-36c4-49e6-bc56-506bf3ca3444" target="_blank">according to</a> the Financial Times. Since the rise in India-China tensions, however, U.S. companies have upped their investment in India's tech sector. Most notably, Reliance Jio — India's <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-27/reliance-jio-becomes-india-s-top-telecom-services-provider" target="_blank">top</a> wireless carrier by subscribers — <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/15/google-invests-4-5-billion-in-indias-reliance-jio-platforms/" target="_blank">raised</a> $20.2 billion in a four-month span from an investor group that included Google, Facebook, Intel, Silver Lake and KKR. Reliance Jio <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/software/ril-facebook-weigh-creating-a-super-app/articleshow/75169476.cms" target="_blank">reportedly</a> plans to work with Facebook to launch a WeChat-like super app for India.</p><p><div class="ad-tag"><div class="ad-place-holder" data-pos="1">
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