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The War Between China and Alibaba Group: UC Browser is the Latest Victim
China is tightening the presence of Alibaba group online and in the media industries after Jack Ma criticized the government.
China is Pulling UC browers from the application stores
Starting 16 of March 2021, the Alibaba’s “UC” browser disappeared from Android phones in China. The decision was issued after Chinese TV criticized the browser during its annual consumer rights program; because there are unreliable ads on the browser for medical companies.
The browser is one of the most popular in China and Indonesia, and it is ranked eighth in the list of most downloaded applications, over the past decade.
The Chinese President Xi Jinping warned the country’s largest technology companies of a strong crackdown against them, as a result of their growing influence in the country’s economy.
The war between China and Alibaba group
The timeline of the war between the two can be summarized as:
- The interests of the “Alibaba” e-commerce group have been regularly damaged recently by the recent attack on them by the Beijing government.
- The browser, which has more than 400 million global users, will…
