The Energy Department authorised the sale of 950,000 barrels of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to Unipec, the trading division of China Petrochemical Corporation, in April. The whole company generally referred to as Sinopec, is owned by the Chinese government.
When Rahul Gandhi's video of him partying in a pub in Nepal went viral, rumours were floated that the woman next to him was Chinese envoy to Nepal Hou Yangi.
The ministry further added there were security concerns associated with these apps that they could carry out surveillance activities and espionage by accessing camera/mic, GPS location and could indulge in malicious network activity.