Commentary: China’s silence on US TikTok ban speaks volumes

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Washington seems more likely than ever to block the popular app. Beijing’s reserve exposes America’s weaknesses, says Catherine Thorbecke for Bloomberg Opinion.

Shortly after the Senate passed the ban legislation, the China Daily ran an editorial warning: “The century of humiliation won’t be repeated over TikTok.

Yet this fails to acknowledge that Beijing has knee-capped its own tech sector in favour of broader policy goals with a brutal crackdown that has only recently eased.

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Published On: 2024-09-27 @ 06:00:00 (7 hours ago)

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