Anil Singhvi explains: China doesn’t want India to become a superpower, PUBG ban right decision

The frequent tussle between India and China, motivated by the latter, are nothing but strategic moves to stop India from becoming a superpower, believes Zee Business Managing Editor Anil Singhvi. He further added that the Indian government’s decision to ban PUBG: Mobile and 117 other apps was correct. PUBG had become very popular in India and was being played by millions of users across the country.

“There are a lot of people I know who used to play PUBG. It’s not like many youngsters were addicted to this game. Of course, they have more time than others. But, people were different age groups were playing this game,” Singhvi said.

He added that people need to think why such frequent confrontations with China are happening. Singhvi explained that the land in question doesn’t have any economic benefits to either country. But, there is an emotional value attached to it.  

“I think this tussle is for both power and money. China wants to send across a message that it is a new superpower. This comes after the US imposed several bans on China. Now, what happened is that people looked at India as an alternative to China for manufacturing. Then, PM Modi also gave a call for Vocal for Local,” he said.  

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Singhvi believes that probably China has sensed that India is a major threat to it. If the manufacturing hub shifts to India, China will lose both money and power.  

“Probably, it believes that these tussles will make investors think before investing in India. All China wants is to stop India from becoming a superpower,” he added.

The government on Wednesday blocked 118 more mobile apps, including popular game PUBG, citing data privacy concerns and a threat to national security. The apps banned on Wednesday include Baidu, Baidu Express Edition, Alipay, Tencent Watchlist, FaceU, WeChat reading, Government WeChat, Tencent Weiyun, APUS Launcher Pro, APUS Security, Cut Cut, ShareSave by Xiaomi, and CamCard, besides PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite, an official statement said.  

It cited numerous complaints received by the IT Ministry from various sources, including several reports about the misuse of some mobile apps available on Android and iOS platforms for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users' data to servers outside India.