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China threatens to retaliate against the US for `stealing` TikTok 0
(Dan Tri) – China announced that it will respond to the US regarding the recent actions of President Donald Trump’s administration against the TikTok application.
TikTok is becoming a controversial issue in US-China relations.
China Daily, a Chinese state newspaper, today published an editorial declaring that Beijing does not accept the US `theft` of Chinese technology companies and may respond to the US urging ByteDance to sell
The above statement was made a day after US President Donald Trump said that he did not object to Microsoft’s acquisition of the US branch of TikTok by Chinese company ByteDance, but the deal must be completed before September 15 and the government
Previously, Mr. Trump warned that TikTok would have to close on September 15 unless Microsoft or another company bought this application in the US and the US Treasury Department received a large sum of money from this deal.
Microsoft confirmed that it is negotiating with ByteDance to acquire the TikTok application in the US and expects to be able to close the deal on September 15.
US officials warned of a complete ban on the Chinese company’s TikTok application in the US due to national security concerns, while this application attracts more than 100 million users in the US, mainly young people.
According to China Daily, America’s `bullying` action against Chinese technology companies is a consequence of the `America First` vision, in which only one side benefits and the other loses, and causes
`China has many ways to respond if the US government carries out its takeover and looting plan,` China Daily warned.
Another Chinese state-run newspaper, Global Times, said the US’s behavior towards ByteDance and Huawei, two leading Chinese companies on the US sanctions list, is a sign of efforts to
Global Times admitted that China has `limited ability` to protect its technology companies by retaliating against US companies, because Washington has technological superiority and influence with its allies.
China threatened to respond if the US `kicked out` the journalists
In an announcement on Twitter today, Global Times Editor-in-Chief Hu Xijin said China would take countermeasures if all Chinese journalists in the US were forced to leave the country.
“If the US side does not extend visas for Chinese journalists, the Chinese side has prepared for the worst case scenario that all Chinese journalists have to leave the US.
The US Department of Homeland Security in May announced new regulations related to Chinese journalists.
It is unclear how many Chinese journalists will be affected by the US regulations and how many will have to leave the US if their visas are not renewed.
China in March expelled journalists from three major US newspapers including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, a month after the US announced it would begin reviewing five Chinese state media agencies.