China, Trump and TikTok

Trump makes eye-popping claim about China, TikTok and American children
President Donald Trump dismissed the threat of TikTok potentially spying on American children in an interview with Sean Hannity, saying Chinese-made phones and computers could be a bigger risk.
Trump says banning TikTok won’t make Americans safer from China. He may have a point
President Donald Trump on Wednesday batted down the national security concerns surrounding TikTok, saying, “Is it that important for China to be spying on young people? On young kids watching crazy videos?
TikTok is intertwined with tariffs as Trump weighs his 'one very big power over China'
It’s not yet known how Donald Trump will resolve TikTok’s complicated legal limbo, but what does seem clear is that the fate of the social media app is increasingly linked in the president's mind to his top issue of tariffs.
Trump Downplays Threat of China Using TikTok to Spy on Americans
President Donald Trump downplayed the national security risk posed by TikTok in an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, days after offering the social video app a reprieve from legislation that would have forced it to shut down.
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 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.
TikTok’s Future Is Now Tied to Trump’s Tariff Threats on China
The President, who has suggested that the U.S. take on 50 percent ownership of TikTok, hinted that potential tariffs on China will be closely linked to whether such a joint venture is approved. “If China didn’t approve it,
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,
How TikTok became a ‘poker chip’ in a high-stakes game between Trump and China
In his first few days back in office, President Trump is talking about TikTok entirely as a deal making exercise, dropping all of his previously expressed concerns about Chinese influence and American national security.

Trump, Oracle and TikTok

Why China may be OK with TikTok selling to Elon Musk
After years of rejecting the idea of a sale of TikTok’s US assets to an American buyer in order to avert a ban, China and ...
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 ...
China Scores Victory Over US in TikTok War
State media hailed RedNote's success among American "TikTok refugees" as a repudiation of U.S. government "demonizing" of ...
TikTok is 'severely damaging' young people — unlike its Chinese equivalent, 'The Anxious Generation' author tells BI
Douyin, the Chinese equivalent of TikTok, is very different and "much more pro-social," NYU professor Jonathan Haidt told ...
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Donald Trump discussing TikTok purchase with multiple people, decision in 30 days
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he was in talks with multiple people over buying TikTok and ...
TikTok: Should China's RedNote Face Ban Too?
RedNote, known as Xiaohongshu in China, is owned by a Shanghai-based company and raises similar questions as TikTok.
In Trump's Plan To 'Save' TikTok, THIS Tech Giant May Have A Key Role
Under the deal being negotiated by the White House, TikTok's China-based owner, ByteDance, would retain a minority stake in ...
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WBKO EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Rand Paul Speaks on TikTok, Tariffs, and Trump
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) -This week, WBKO had the opportunity to speak with United States Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), who ...