Impact of border dispute on Chinese mobile app downloads in India 2020, by app

The border tension between China and India at the LAC in Ladakh region, which escalated since early May 2020, triggered a backlash against Chinese mobile apps in India. TikTok, Helo, and other popular Chinese apps saw a dip in downloads. The short video app TikTok, which reported 611 million downloads from India in the first quarter of 2020, witnessed a 38 percent decline - a loss of 8.5 million - in its new downloads from May to June 22, 2020. At the very end of June, the Indian government banned 59 Chinese mobile apps, claiming that the apps were engaging in activities that threatened sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order. After a month, 47 more Chinese apps which are the clones of the 59 banned applications were added to the ban list, while the Indian government decided to examine 275 other Chinese apps for any violations of security risks. In the early September, India extended the number of banned apps to 118 amid the escalating border tensions.

自2020年5月初以来，在拉达克地区中印边境的紧张局势加剧，引发了印度民众对中国移动应用的强烈抵制。TikTok、Helo等热门中国应用下载量出现下滑。报告称，截至2020年第一季度，短视频应用TikTok从印度获得了6.11亿次下载，但其在2020年5月至6月22日期间的新下载量下降了38%，即损失了850万次下载。在6月底，印度政府以涉嫌从事威胁印度主权与完整、印度国防、国家安全和公共秩序的活动为由，禁止了59款中国移动应用。一个月后，47款克隆于被禁止的59款应用的额外中国应用被加入到禁止名单中，同时印度政府决定审查275款其他中国应用是否存在安全风险。随着边境紧张局势的进一步升级，到9月初，印度政府将禁止的应用数量扩展至118款。