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Will TikTok return to India? Job posts fuel rumours amid thaw in New Delhi-Beijing ties
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin on Aug 31.
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- TikTok has been banned in India since 2020, amid government concerns over data security and chilly ties between New Delhi and Beijing.
- Despite the ban, TikTok employs some personnel in India for global support.
- Experts suggest TikTok's return could boost competition and innovation, as well as reshape India's digital content space.
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NEW DELHI – Speculation is mounting that TikTok could return to India, more than five years after it was banned amid a deep freeze in the country’s ties with China following a fatal border clash.
The Chinese social media platform was among 59 apps that New Delhi pulled the plug on in June 2020, a fortnight after the melee in the Galwan River valley in Ladakh along the disputed Himalayan border. At least 20 Indian soldiers and an unspecified number of Chinese troops were killed.
