China policy round-up: Sino-US relationship worsens, Beijing commits to maintaining supply chains, India bans WeChat

In this round-up, China joins a 12-country initiative to ensure supply chain connectivity, India has banned 59 Chinese apps including WeChat for being ࢀ˜prejudicialࢀ™ to its sovereignty and integrity, and tensions between China and the US are on the rise. China has become the latest country to join an initiative by Singapore and New Zealand to maintain open supply chains amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a Thursday press release by the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Singapore. The other nations signed up to the initiative are Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Laos, Myanmar, Nauru, the United Arab Emirates and…