Brennan has delivered dozens of presentations for many prestigious companies, including Google, Tencent, Walmart, Visa, LinkedIn, Boston Consulting Group and more. Originally from London, he speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese having been based in mainland China for sixteen years.
The ministry had temporarily banned 59 Chinese apps including Baidu, TikTok, UC Browser, WeChat among others, citing security of the state and public order as its reason.
The company also revealed plans to provide a secure and healthy gameplay environment alongside investments to cultivate local video game, esports, entertainment, and IT industries.
The list of banned apps also includes Baidu, Alipay and ShareSave by Xiaomi.
In an earlier order issued on August 7, Trump prohibited the China-based company from doing business with US firms after 45 days.
'The United States must take aggressive action against the owners of TikTok to protect our national security,' Trump said in an executive order.
Trump's announcement comes days after India, in a diplomatic reaction to Chinese aggression along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, last week banned 47 more apps in addition to the 59 Chinese applications, including TikTok, Shareit, UC Browser and Xiaomi’s Mi Community over national security concerns on June 29.
Chinese ambassador to India Sun Weidong said that Beijing 'advocates win-win cooperation and opposes a zero-sum game' and added, 'Our economies are highly complementary, interwoven and interdependent.'
An order to this effect was issued on Friday, the source added.
The Government had on June 29 banned 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok, Shareit, UC Browser and Xiaomi’s Mi Community over national security concerns in a diplomatic reaction to the Chinese aggression in Galwan valley on June 15.
