Funny that there is never any mention of ah tiong land domestic market being closed off to foreign tech companies. If ah tiongs yap soo much about free trade. Y is Google, YouTube etc banned in tiong land? Now the yanks are giving the tiongs their just desserts n the tiongs kpkb? Really shameless
China will not accept US 'theft' of TikTok: China Daily
FILE PHOTO: A TikTok logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration
FILE PHOTO: A TikTok logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
04 Aug 2020 10:50AM
(Updated: 04 Aug 2020 11:01AM)
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BEIJING: The United States' "bullying" of Chinese tech companies was a consequence of Washington's zero-sum vision of "American first" and left China no choice but "submission or mortal combat in the tech realm", the state-backed paper said in an editorial.
China had "plenty of ways to respond if the administration carries out its planned smash and grab", it added.
Microsoft said on Monday (Aug 3) it was in talks with ByteDance to buy parts of TikTok after US President Donald Trump reversed course on a plan to ban the app on national security grounds and gave the firms 45 days to strike a deal.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said over the weekend that Trump would take action shortly against Chinese software companies that shared user data with the Chinese government.
READ: US should get 'substantial portion' of TikTok operations sale price: Trump
The Global Times newspaper, which is also government-backed, said US treatment of ByteDance and Huawei Technologies, now on a US trade blacklist, was indicative of US efforts to separate its economy from China's.
China had "limited ability" to provide protection to these Chinese companies by retaliating against U.S. companies because the United States had technological superiority and influence with its allies, it added.
"China's opening-up to the outside world and disintegrating the U.S. decoupling strategy should be priorities," it said in an editorial.
The Global Times is published by the People's Daily, the official newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party.
Source: Reuters