Beijing on Monday accused the Trump administration of trying to ban tik-tok from "national power" as a federal court blocked the execution of US operations for the video app.
A U.S. government order sought to ban new
downloads of the Chinese-owned app from midnight (Monday, 0400 GMT) - but Tick
will be allowed to use until November 12, when all use Will be stopped.
President Donald Trump has claimed that
the popular app is a threat to national security and cuts data for Beijing
through his Chinese parent company Byte Dance. This allegation is strongly
denied’ by these firms.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin
called the order "bullying" and said it was "evidence of the
misuse of national power to unjustly suppress other countries'
businesses."
Instead, the United States should
"provide a fair, equitable, free and non-discriminatory business
environment for companies investing in the world and operating in the
country," Wang added.
China says Trump is working to strengthen
the company by giving away full ownership of a for-profit app to a US rival
with 100 million US users.
But a U.S. federal court issued a
temporary injunction on the order late Sunday after Tick Tick's lawyers
successfully argued that it was a "punished" ban based on politics
rather than real security concerns.
Details of the order are still being
sealed’ by a court in Washington.
Tick tock US pressure is one of the
issues that is straining relations between rival powers, tech, defense, human
rights and the warring seas.
U.S. tech companies have also expressed concern
over the example of a ban on free Internet. And the possibility of retaliation
against US companies operating in China's vast market.
Byte Dennis has begun discussing the
complex transfer of ownership to Silicon Valley giant Oracle.
An interim deal that came to light last
weekend will make Oracle a technology partner for TikTok, and the new company's a stakeholder is known’ as TikTok Global.
TikTok said Sunday that he would
"maintain his ongoing negotiations with the government" on the plan,
which has received Trump's initial approval.
But it is unclear whether Beijing will
ratify the agreement, which some Americans believe is an unwarranted allocation
of Chinese technology.
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