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An android application that claims to identify and remove Chinese-made apps on phones has become hugely popular in India, clocking over 10 lakh downloads since its launch earlier this month. The development came amid escalating border tensions between New Delhi and Beijing that has resulted in the rise of anti-China sentiment amid the Coronavirus pandemic.
The mobile platform, called Remove China Apps, claims to scan and list all Chinese-made apps on users’ phones so that they can remove them. The app is available to download for free. It has gathered positive reviews on Google Play Store and a 4.8 rating.
Remove China Apps is capable of only detecting applications installed by users from Google Play Store or other third-party app stores on their phones, and not the ones already installed on Chinese-made smartphones. The application has been created by a Jaipur-based company called OneTouch AppLabs.
Several social media users followed them in boycotting Chinese products.
Plz download "Remove china apps" and scan phone then delete all Chinese apps..#BoycottChineseProducts pic.twitter.com/4IExPxAfDL
— Rohit Jaiswal (@Rohit_INDN) May 31, 2020
A clip by #SonamWangchuk ( #3Idiots Fame ) on why we should #BoycottChineseProducts.
It's not only about #TikTok or any other apps & software. It's about how we can contribute to our Indian economy in this pandemic situation.
Be a responsible person of India. pic.twitter.com/xL2kroVL2z
— Sagar Prajapati (@SagarAPrajapati) May 30, 2020
#BoycottMadeInChina #SonamWangchuk great initiative by great person. What makes china powerful is the economy so let's crush them with their strength and make them realize, they rely on us. Make sure to uninstalling china apps and made in China products. https://t.co/s6S93qEyVv pic.twitter.com/EJ4rVM7Ehd
— Pavan Singh Yadav (@0d368579a5d5415) May 29, 2020
Since I have heard #SonamWangchuk talk, I feel like I am committing a crime using my made in china phone
— Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj (@DeepikaBhardwaj) May 30, 2020
Social media has been flooded with posts of users claiming to have used the new technology to weed out Chinese apps. The online campaign to boycott Chinese goods and technology began with a video posted by Sonam Wangchuk, the engineer who inspired the film 3 Idiots.
India-China Tensions
Border tensions between the two nations have heightened over the last month. Chinese troops have clashed with the Indian Army at several points along the Line of Actual Control. India and China do not share a defined and demarcated border. Instead, there is the Line of Actual Control, which stretches thousands of kilometres from Ladakh all the way to Arunachal Pradesh.
China, the country where the Coronavirus pandemic originated, is also facing international scrutiny over the escalating health crisis, especially from the United States.
Actor and model Milind Soman followed suit and said he was no longer using the Chinese-made TikTok app.
Am no longer on tiktok. #BoycottChineseProducts pic.twitter.com/QEqCGza9j7
— Milind Usha Soman (@milindrunning) May 29, 2020
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