China kicks social network Douban out of app stores

Leading cultural platform under pressure from authorities and nationalists

ZACH COLEMAN, Nikkei Asia deputy editor

HONG KONG -- Chinese regulators on Thursday removed 106 apps from the country's app stores for "excessive collection of personal information," including one of the country's leading cultural discussion platforms.

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