China Bans the Tripadvisor App Controlled by the Country's Own Trip.com Group
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China's move to ban the Tripadvisor-branded app is somewhat of a head scratcher since the app is actually controlled by China's Trip.com Group. Will other U.S.-branded apps, such as Airbnb's be impacted?
With U.S.-China tensions at a pitched level, China's web cops banned the Tripadvisor app that's actually controlled by the locally based Trip.com Group because of their joint venture.
The Cyberspace Administration's move to "clean up" the internet, according to published reports, also swept up more than 100 other apps, most of them based in China.
Trip.com Group, formerly known as Ctrip and currently the largest online travel agency in the country, announced a joint venture with Tripadvisor in 2019 that won regulatory appro
