India Arrests Chinese Man Amid Raids on Companies Running 11 Small Loans Apps December 27, 2020 Updated: December 28, 2020
NEW DELHI India arrested on Dec. 25 a Chinese man who managed companies that operated at least 11 apps offering small loans at extremely high interest rates to Indian people between the ages of 20 and 40.
Experts see the potential for the regime in Beijing to gather large amounts of data on Indian citizens through the apps, and for this data to be used to infiltrate Indian society, politics, and economic system.
Yi Bai (alias Dennis) was arrested by cyber police in Hyderabad during a raid on a call center, for illegally running money-lending mobile applications, Indian media outlet DNA reported on Dec. 26.
India, UK Discuss Blueprint to Deepen Indo-Pacific Cooperation
NEW DELHI Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab held talks in New Delhi on Dec. 15 about a wide range of topics that included deepening cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, confronting security threats in the region, working together to end the coronavirus crisis, and tackling climate change.
“Welcomed UK’s Indo-Pacific tilt. Will cooperate closely on global issues and in multilateral organizations,” Jaishankar said in a message on Twitter. “Discussed opportunities in a post-COVID post-Brexit world for a stronger India-UK partnership. Working on Roadmap 2030 to that end.”
Raab, who also met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Dec. 16, said the United Kingdom is “committed to building a closer relationship with India.”