Trump to give TikTok's Chinese owner 45 days to reach deal to sell

[Feng Leng]

https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-...owner-bytedance-prefers-independent-spin-over

The only reason why I'm sharing this article is for this:-

(Zhang’s personal Weibo account was flooded with comments attacking him as a "traitor" who acquiesced to the US for the sake of money.

“You knelt down to them but the enemy still looks down on you, and in the end you will lose your app, money, customers and face,” one commented).

Hopefully more public pressure mounts on this dumb@ss to force him to become more patriotic , if he sells the entire TikTok then he may lose public support in China & once that happens more and more people in China may uninstall Douyin thus he would effectively lose his biggest source of revenue that is China.

If Zheng Yimin tries to sell the business outside of the five eyes, Beijing will just nationalize ByteDance.

 

[bolo]

If Zheng Yimin tries to sell the business outside of the five eyes, Beijing will just nationalize ByteDance.

Is this your opinion?

 

[obj 705A]

There is also another major consequence that would happen if Xi doesn't intervene and stop Zhang from selling TikTok, TikTok is by no means a small app, it is becoming a global rival to other giant social media platforms, so if something as big as TikTok get's sold to the US, then more and more smaller Chinese apps will be sold to the US one after the other any time the US government tells them to. In this case China should kiss goodby the idea that it will be anywhere near the US in terms of software for as long as Xi remains president. I mean if even the sale of TikTok can't get the attention of the Chinese government then what chance does the smaller apps have! And the small apps are actually in a way more important than the big ones, because it's the collection of the small apps that make up a homegrown OS in case if the US tells it's (and it's allies) smaller apps to boycott Chinese electronics (eg: what Google did with Huawei).

Where is Xi Jinping any way? Did he say anything about what's going on?

Edit: By the way one of the things that I frequently hear is "hey once Trump goes away and a democrat rules the US, China will have a much easier time", ofcourse this is nothing but wishfull thinking, Trump campaigned on anti establishment slogans "drain the swamp" but once he became president he appointed establishment puppets all around himself and effectively Trump drowned in the swamp, but with Trump at least he doesn't like the idea of forming a trans Atlantic alliance against China instead he started a trade war with Europe, if Joe Biden becomes president (and he will) then he will maintain the anti China policy (being anti China is the only the Americans agree on) and he will also call America's allies to join him. I remember what a PLA general said on this issue "the trade war was inevitable even if Trump didn't win".

 

[Feng Leng]

There is also another major consequence that would happen if Xi doesn't intervene and stop Zhang from selling TikTok, TikTok is by no means a small app, it is becoming a global rival to other giant social media platforms, so if something as big as TikTok get's sold to the US, then more and more smaller Chinese apps will be sold to the US one after the other any time the US government tells them to. In this case China should kiss goodby the idea that it will be anywhere near the US in terms of software for as long as Xi remains president. I mean if even the sale of TikTok can't get the attention of the Chinese government then what chance does the smaller apps have! And the small apps are actually in a way more important than the big ones, because it's the collection of the small apps that make up a homegrown OS in case if the US tells it's (and it's allies) smaller apps to boycott Chinese electronics (eg: what Google did with Huawei).

Where is Xi Jinping any way? Did he say anything about what's going on?

Breaking news. Beijing just threatened Zhang Yiming with kicking ByteDance out of the China market. The official state media made it clear: "The US market is necessary for TikTok's development. The China market is necessary for TikTok's existence. I hope they make the right decision."

 

[Imran Khan]

Trump is worse thing happen to US

 

[Viet]

There is also another major consequence that would happen if Xi doesn't intervene and stop Zhang from selling TikTok, TikTok is by no means a small app, it is becoming a global rival to other giant social media platforms, so if something as big as TikTok get's sold to the US, then more and more smaller Chinese apps will be sold to the US one after the other any time the US government tells them to. In this case China should kiss goodby the idea that it will be anywhere near the US in terms of software for as long as Xi remains president. I mean if even the sale of TikTok can't get the attention of the Chinese government then what chance does the smaller apps have! And the small apps are actually in a way more important than the big ones, because it's the collection of the small apps that make up a homegrown OS in case if the US tells it's (and it's allies) smaller apps to boycott Chinese electronics (eg: what Google did with Huawei).

Where is Xi Jinping any way? Did he say anything about what's going on?

By the way one of the things that I frequently hear is "hey once Trump goes away and a democrat rules the US, China will have a much easier time", ofcourse this is nothing but wishfull thinking, Trump campaigned on anti establishment slogans "drain the swamp" but once he became president he appointed establishment puppets all around himself and effectively Trump drowned in the swamp, but with Trump at least he doesn't like the idea of forming a trans Atlantic alliance against China instead he started a trade war with Europe, if Joe Biden becomes president (and he will) then he will maintain the anti China policy (being anti China is the only the Americans agree on) and he will also call America's allies to join him. I remember what a PLA general said on this issue "the trade war was inevitable even if Trump didn't win".

There is nothing Chinese can do.
China has no friends no allies.

 

[925boy]

American theft in action. Stealing gold from countries they don’t approve. Now stealing successful companies from other countries.Indian can cheer but they will be forever chuck under white Anglo. No Indian companies will be able to make money from America. American investor will continued to make money off Indian slave. All that need to placate Indian is to appoint some token Indian CEO

ALso stole SYRIAN OIL.

 

[idune]

ALso stole SYRIAN OIL.

really, can not be. What do you say @rent4country?

 

[rent4country]

really, can not be. What do you @rent4country?

what?

 

[TheTruth]

There is nothing Chinese can do.
China has no friends no allies.

The US doesn't either. Just vassal states and lapdogs who are friends of convenience.

 

[rent4country]

Breaking news. Beijing just threatened Zhang Yiming with kicking ByteDance out of the China market. The official state media made it clear: "The US market is necessary for TikTok's development. The China market is necessary for TikTok's existence. I hope they make the right decision."

LOL, this is the best entertainment and outcome I could have never imagined. You are now cannibalism your own companies. Do it.