China's opposition to TikTok sale complicates the picture — and relations with the US
by Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times
Mar 24, 2023
4 minutes
The latest U.S.-China clash over the popular social media app TikTok is likely to worsen the already-deteriorating relationship between the two countries, as Beijing and Washington tussle over software bans, technology exports and concerns about espionage and national security.
Last week, the Biden administration to allay security concerns about TikTok, created by Chinese tech giant Bytedance Ltd., by demanding that the wildly popular app be sold from Chinese ownership or face a possible ban in the U.S. On Thursday, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew by a House committee whose members asked pointed questions about data security, alleged racial bias toward content creators and the
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