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04/22/2021 08:35 AM EDT
Welcome, China Watchers. This week’s guest host is Cobus van Staden, a senior analyst focusing on China-Africa relations at the South African Institute of International Affairs in Johannesburg and co-host of the China in Africa Podcast. Over to you, Cobus.
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Posted by Joseph Brouwer | Dec 9, 2020
TripAdvisor China, along with 104 other applications, has been banned in China as part of a sweeping internet “cleanup.” It is unclear why the travel company, a joint partnership between Massachusetts-based TripAdivsor and Trip.com, was targeted by Chines authorities. The Associated Press covered the
Companies including the Chinese arm of TripAdvisor Inc. have been ordered by regulators to overhaul their mobile phone apps in what the Chinese government said is a crackdown on pornography and other improper content.
The National Cyberspace Administration ordered the removal of 105 apps including TripAdvisor from app stores this week, although it gave no details of what each app was accused of doing wrong. It cited what it said were public complaints about obscene, pornographic and violent information or fraud, gambling and prostitution.