TikTok sees rising anti-China content in India on border dispute

BENGALURU: Anti-China hashtags, common on other social networks, have reached TikTok in India, following the killing of 20 Indian soldiers in a violent clash with Chinese troops in Ladakh earlier this week.

Hashtags such as #BoycottChineseProducts received 7.2 million views, while #IndiaChinaborder got 9.7 million views, #Chinaborder 11.5 million views and #Ladakhborder about 133,700 views.

Most videos with these hashtags glorified the Indian army, urged users to boycott Chinese products in support of the army, and mourned the death of Indian soldiers.

One user showed a man throwing a TV off his balcony under the hashtag #BoycottChineseProducts, while another accused celebrities and businessmen of promoting Chinese products in the country.