Trump, TikTok and China

GOP China hawks mum as Trump throws TikTok a lifeline
The Capitol Hill Republicans who pushed aggressively to ban TikTok have gone almost totally silent on President Donald Trump’s unilateral decision not to enforce the ban. Asked directly by POLITICO about Trump’s executive order to grant TikTok a reprieve in defiance of the law passed by Congress,
Trump has tossed TikTok a lifeline. But China’s not happy
For many of America’s 170 million TikTok users, US President Donald Trump’s move to delay a legal ban of the popular social media platform was cause for celebration. But in China, where TikTok’s parent company is based,
China urges independent business decision-making after Trump proposes 50% US ownership of TikTok
China's foreign ministry said on Monday companies should "decide independently" on matters of their operations and deals, responding to a question about U.S. President-elect Donald Trump proposing a 50% U.
Trump throws TikTok a lifeline—yet floats 100% tariffs on China if a deal isn’t reached
Newly-inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump gave TikTok a brief reprieve on Monday, giving the Chinese-owned social media app a few more months to find a U.S. buyer. TikTok briefly went dark for U.S.
Donald Trump says China tariffs could hinge on TikTok deal
Within hours of his inauguration on Monday, Trump postponed a deadline requiring TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell its stake in the app or face a ban in the country. Trump argued that the US “should be entitled to get half of TikTok ” if the app continued operating beyond that cut-off and that he could “certainly” impose tariffs on China if it rejected a deal,
TikTok's US survival hinges on President Trump
Millions of U.S. TikTok users are looking to newly sworn-in President Donald Trump, who has given the app’s Chinese parent, ByteDance, 75 days to strike a deal with a U.S. buyer.

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Congress Banned TikTok. What Happened Next Will (Not) Surprise You.
TikTok held firm and refused to be sold, Congress blinked, and now everyone is scrambling to avoid a backlash from its ...
ByteDance director confident TikTok deal will get done, sees options to avoid an outright sale
Bill Ford, the CEO of ByteDance shareholder General Atlantic, said Wednesday he was confident that a deal will be reached to ...
When TikTok Went Dark, an Unlikely App Won
After a US law temporarily forced Americans to find a new home for their short-video habit, TikTok clone Likee saw a surge in ...
China Signals It Is Open to a Deal Keeping TikTok in U.S.
The founder of the app’s parent, Beijing-based ByteDance, met with Elon Musk last year.
When Will TikTok Be Back In App Stores? What Could Happen Without Updates
TikTok remains unavailable on Google and Apple’s app stores in the U.S. When might it return, and what could happen to TikTok ...
China gives a wary welcome to influx of 'TikTok refugees' on RedNote
The influx of more than 700,000 new users has been driven by a looming U.S. ban on TikTok, used by 170 million Americans, on ...
TikTok or Not, Americans Still Have a Right To Receive Communist Propaganda
Even as the Supreme Court upheld Congress' mandate that TikTok's Chinese owner sell the platform or shut it down, the First ...
MrBeast not quite in the bidding race for TikTok just yet, rep says
A representative for Jimmy Donaldson — better known online as MrBeast — says the YouTube star isn't in the TikTok bidding race just yet.
China panicked about American users corrupting their youth via TikTok alternative RedNote
RedNote, called Xiaohongshu in Chinese – which literally translates as Little Red Book, an apparent reference to former ...