https://www.scmp.com/rss/507522/feed US president-elect Donald Trump revealed his plan to temporarily block a nationwide ban on TikTok in January 2025, hours after the short-video app went dark to comply with a federal law. Over the past few years, efforts have been made in several countries to bar its use. Owned by Chinese company ByteDance, the social platform has been accused by foreign critics of posing a national security threat, a claim that TikTok has consistently denied. In June 2020, India banned TikTok, followed by a... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Associated Press Associated Press Almost three years ago, New York City joined governments across the country in banning TikTok from its phones over security concerns about the Chinese social media site. On Tuesday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a bona fide social media star, took to the app to announce a reversal: “TikTok, we’re back.” The city will now allow agencies to start posting again on the short-form social media site as long as departments follow a set of security precautions, according to a memo from city cybersecurity... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3348591/new-york-mayor-mamdani-puts-citys-government-back-tiktok?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3348591/new-york-mayor-mamdani-puts-citys-government-back-tiktok?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:57:50 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Canada will allow TikTok to continue operating in the country, a complete reversal after the government had previously ordered the social media company to close its Canadian division for security reasons. In November 2024, under former prime minister Justin Trudeau, Canada ordered ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese owner, to wind down its Canadian subsidiary. That would not have banned the app’s use but would have forced its offices in Toronto and Vancouver to close. But in January, that order was set... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346025/tiktok-gets-green-light-stay-canada-reversing-earlier-ban?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346025/tiktok-gets-green-light-stay-canada-reversing-earlier-ban?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Mar 2026 23:31:28 +0000 Reuters Reuters Donald Trump and his attorney general were sued on Thursday by retail investors in two social media rivals of TikTok seeking to reverse the US president’s approval of a deal by the company’s Chinese owner ByteDance to form a majority American-owned joint venture. The lawsuit, the ‌first legal challenge to the deal, argues that Trump’s approval last year violated requirements set out in a 2024 divestiture law. Two California residents who hold shares in Alphabet and Meta Platforms sued, backed by... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3345636/trump-sued-bid-undo-approval-tiktoks-us-sale?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3345636/trump-sued-bid-undo-approval-tiktoks-us-sale?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Mar 2026 23:48:26 +0000 Finbarr Bermingham Finbarr Bermingham TikTok’s “addictive design” has been found to violate EU digital laws – in a move that could land the Chinese-owned company a fine of up to 6 per cent of its global revenue. Preliminary findings of the European Commission investigation, announced on Friday, said the video app’s infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications and “highly personalised” recommender systems had addictive properties. Brussels wanted TikTok to change the basic design of its service, it said, including disabling some of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3342692/eu-finds-tiktok-addictive-digital-law-probe-6-fine-looms-bytedance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3342692/eu-finds-tiktok-addictive-digital-law-probe-6-fine-looms-bytedance?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Feb 2026 11:09:59 +0000 Xinmei Shen Xinmei Shen TikTok said on Tuesday that technical issues caused posting problems after California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a probe into the company for allegedly censoring content critical of US President Donald Trump. This came days after the short video app operator closed a deal with the Trump administration to avoid a US ban. Newsom said on Monday via social media that he was launching a review into whether TikTok violated state law, citing another user’s post showing that a message reading... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3341464/californias-newsom-launches-tiktok-probe-accusing-app-suppressing-trump-criticism?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/politics/article/3341464/californias-newsom-launches-tiktok-probe-accusing-app-suppressing-trump-criticism?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:34:27 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance announced on Thursday the official creation of a new US venture – TikTok USDS Joint Venture – to operate the short video app used by 200 million Americans. The deal, the culmination of years of legal and political uncertainty, is part of the effort to comply with a 2024 US law that aimed to push ByteDance to divest TikTok to address national security concerns over the app’s links to Beijing. Without a divestment, the app would have faced a nationwide... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3341074/who-are-owners-new-tiktok-us-entity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3341074/who-are-owners-new-tiktok-us-entity?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Jan 2026 22:02:59 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng TikTok has officially launched a US joint venture tasked with “safeguarding the American content ecosystem”, with commercial activities such as e-commerce, advertising and marketing remaining under the company’s existing US entities. The arrangement has been widely compared with Apple’s 2018 move to transfer mainland Chinese iCloud user data to Guizhou-Cloud Big Data (GCBD), according to Chinese media. GCBD is a project owned by the Guizhou provincial government-backed company AIPO Cloud... https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3340996/tiktok-us-joint-venture-seen-resembling-apples-china-icloud-deal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3340996/tiktok-us-joint-venture-seen-resembling-apples-china-icloud-deal?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:00:09 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han TikTok and its Chinese owner ByteDance have officially established a venture to transfer parts of its US business to a consortium of mostly US investors, effectively securing the platform’s future for its 170 million American users. The company made the announcement on Thursday, hours ahead of a Friday shutdown deadline. The deal – first outlined by TikTok chief executive Chew Shou Zi in an internal memo last month – was set to close this week, though it had not previously received the formal... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3340918/tiktok-confirms-deal-create-new-us-venture-averting-shutdown-few-hours?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3340918/tiktok-confirms-deal-create-new-us-venture-averting-shutdown-few-hours?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Jan 2026 01:55:36 +0000 Jun Yu Chan Jun Yu Chan As US-China tensions increasingly reshape global business, an old dynamic is re-emerging with the return of the middleman. Multinational firms that once prized direct control are again turning to local partners to navigate political rifts and commercial barriers. The pattern echoes an older era: the same reliance on middlemen that once moved tea and porcelain through old Canton now underpins how TikTok, McDonald’s and Starbucks navigate a divided global economy. Under the Canton system, overseas... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3339722/tea-tiktok-middlemans-return-reshaping-china-trade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3339722/tea-tiktok-middlemans-return-reshaping-china-trade?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Jan 2026 01:30:08 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng The Chinese commerce ministry’s latest remarks on the TikTok deal in the US signalled acceptance rather than approval, as Beijing “hopes” the arrangement will comply with Chinese laws and strike a balance between rival interests, analysts say. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce, which oversees trade and export controls, declared its position a week after TikTok announced the formation of a joint venture, controlled by a consortium of American investors, that would take over its operations in the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3337819/chinas-stance-tiktok-deal-not-green-light-no-strings-attached-analysts-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3337819/chinas-stance-tiktok-deal-not-green-light-no-strings-attached-analysts-say?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Dec 2025 12:00:09 +0000 Zhou Xin,Coco Feng Zhou Xin,Coco Feng China’s ByteDance, owner of TikTok, has seen its valuation surge to US$500 billion on the private market as it advances a survival plan in the US, up sharply from US$400 billion earlier this year, according to two sources. With the deadline for a sell-or-ban law looming, TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi informed employees last week that the company had signed a binding agreement to divest its US entity into a joint venture controlled by American investors. “Investors are happy about the deal’s terms as... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3337343/tiktok-owner-bytedances-valuation-hits-us500-billion-us-survival-plan-advances?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3337343/tiktok-owner-bytedances-valuation-hits-us500-billion-us-survival-plan-advances?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:00:13 +0000 Zhao Ziwen,Sylvie Zhuang Zhao Ziwen,Sylvie Zhuang TikTok may have dodged a US ban but unresolved questions about its algorithm could remain a source of tension in the broader US-China relationship, according to analysts. ByteDance, the parent company of the social media site, signed a binding agreement this week to divest its US entity into a joint venture controlled by a consortium of American investors, ending years of legal and political uncertainties. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said in an internal memo on Thursday that the deal effectively... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3337118/tiktok-seals-us-deal-core-algorithm-could-still-rattle-ties-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3337118/tiktok-seals-us-deal-core-algorithm-could-still-rattle-ties-china?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:00:18 +0000 Raymond Ma,Neil Denslow Raymond Ma,Neil Denslow TikTok’s owner finalised a deal to sell its US business to local investors, averting a shutdown of the social media app’s operations in the country and marking a further thawing in US-China tensions. A group led by US technology giant Oracle, tech investor Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi investment fund MGX will own half of the new US business, according to a TikTok staff memo seen by the Post, which didn’t include financial details. The app’s parent ByteDance will retain 19.9 per cent and affiliates... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3337030/tiktok-deal-china-slowdown-vanke-debt-deadline?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3337030/tiktok-deal-china-slowdown-vanke-debt-deadline?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:00:07 +0000 Mia Nurmamat,Alice Li Mia Nurmamat,Alice Li With their domestic profits narrowing and production capacity expanding, China’s firms are continuing to widen their overseas footprints in search of new, more lucrative markets. In this series, we examine China Inc.’s next phase of “going global” and the complex, challenging international environment its companies have chosen to enter. On a busy roadside in Riyadh, K-pop music – popular among the city’s youth – pulses from the speakers of Javis Wang’s bubble tea shop. His stores have... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3335080/beyond-factories-how-chinas-trendy-brands-turn-local-success-global-influence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3335080/beyond-factories-how-chinas-trendy-brands-turn-local-success-global-influence?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Dec 2025 22:00:13 +0000 Reuters Reuters A constitutional challenge against Australia’s social media ban on children younger than 16 has been filed in the nation’s highest court, two weeks before the world-first law is set to take effect. A campaign group called the Digital Freedom Project said on Wednesday it launched proceedings in the High Court of Australia in a bid to block the law, with two 15-year-olds, Noah Jones and Macy Neyland, as plaintiffs in the case. More than one million accounts held by teenagers under 16 are set to be... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3334238/australias-under-16-social-media-ban-faces-high-court-challenge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3334238/australias-under-16-social-media-ban-faces-high-court-challenge?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:50:05 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that Donald Trump may travel to China in November 2026 for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, one of four possible in-person meetings between the US leader and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the coming year. As with many features of the Trump presidency, this level of contact would be unprecedented, matched only by Trump’s four meetings with Xi in 2017 during his first term. Speaking on CNBC shortly before US markets opened, Bessent... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3334142/trump-may-attend-apec-china-next-year-us-treasury-chief-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3334142/trump-may-attend-apec-china-next-year-us-treasury-chief-says?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:02:03 +0000 Reuters Reuters A Democratic senator on Monday asked US President Donald Trump to answer key details about a plan by TikTok’s Chinese owners to sell a majority stake in the short video app’s US assets. Trump signed an executive order on September 25 declaring that a plan to sell TikTok’s US operations to a consortium of US and global investors meets the national security requirements set out in a 2024 law and gave them 120 days to complete the transaction. In doing so, he delayed enforcement of the law banning... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333983/democratic-senator-presses-trump-tiktok-divestiture-plan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333983/democratic-senator-presses-trump-tiktok-divestiture-plan?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Nov 2025 12:36:00 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier After months of threats, chest-thumping and uncertainty, the world breathed a collective sigh of relief on Thursday after a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping teased at least temporary relief on a host of bilateral trade irritants. Even as Trump gained headlines and short-term “wins” involving soy purchases and fentanyl ingredients, analysts said Xi gained ground in some more fundamental areas – including recognition of its rare-earth leverage and some... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3330959/trump-xi-strike-truce-soybean-deal-and-tiktok-nod-bessent?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3330959/trump-xi-strike-truce-soybean-deal-and-tiktok-nod-bessent?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:24:52 +0000 Ralph Jennings Ralph Jennings A tentative deal for the management of Chinese short video app TikTok in the United States is facing new pressure after last week’s flare-up in trade tensions between Beijing and Washington, with analysts mixed in their assessment of the pact’s chances for survival. “It’s probably quite hard to see that [deal] happening under such an atmosphere,” said Gary Ng, senior Asia-Pacific economist at Natixis. “I don’t know whether it will collapse or go through … The biggest downside is the US could... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3329137/us-china-tensions-back-upswing-tiktok-deal-risk?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3329137/us-china-tensions-back-upswing-tiktok-deal-risk?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:00:09 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng TikTok owner ByteDance has initiated a new round of employee share buy-backs that give the company a higher valuation, even as it works on a deal to divest the video app’s US operations amid geopolitical uncertainty. The latest repurchase programme, initially open to employees based in the United States last month and the rest of the world last week, priced the vested restricted stock units (RSUs) at US$200.41 per share, up 5.5 per cent from US$189.90 during the round held in April, according to... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3328825/bytedances-higher-valuation-reflects-resilience-amid-upcoming-us-divestment-tiktok?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3328825/bytedances-higher-valuation-reflects-resilience-amid-upcoming-us-divestment-tiktok?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:00:08 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial Pragmatism prevails in the proposed TikTok deal between the United States and China, with US President Donald Trump declaring it meets his country’s national security requirements while allowing tens of millions of Americans to continue using the Chinese short-video app. Under the proposed terms of the deal, yet to be confirmed by Beijing, American investors will control around 80 per cent of the app in the US, leaving owner ByteDance and its affiliates with less than 20 per cent. This followed... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3327017/us-china-pragmatism-display-proposed-tiktok-deal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3327017/us-china-pragmatism-display-proposed-tiktok-deal?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Sep 2025 23:15:12 +0000 Mandy Zuo,Ralph Jennings Mandy Zuo,Ralph Jennings As US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to bring the widely watched TikTok dispute closer to a resolution, the move fuelled expectations of broader US-China trade deals when their leaders are expected to meet next month. The proposed divestiture, meanwhile, has also raised questions about the fate of Chinese and American companies investing and operating in each other’s markets. In the latest development in the saga involving the short-video app, Trump wrote in the... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3327024/tiktok-deal-us-china-investments-new-normal-or-reciprocity-risk?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3327024/tiktok-deal-us-china-investments-new-normal-or-reciprocity-risk?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Sep 2025 14:00:15 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng Beijing-based ByteDance launched the international version of its short video app in 2017. TikTok soon became a global hit thanks to its advanced algorithm. This success, however, drew the attention of the US government and others, which raised concerns about data privacy and national security. After a rocky few years, TikTok seems ready to secure a permanent foothold in the US market via a deal that would see American investors control the US operations. The following timeline plots TikTok’s... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3327039/tiktoks-tumultuous-journey-global-sensation-geopolitical-bargaining-chip?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3327039/tiktoks-tumultuous-journey-global-sensation-geopolitical-bargaining-chip?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Sep 2025 12:00:15 +0000 Raymond Ma,Neil Denslow Raymond Ma,Neil Denslow US President Donald Trump formally endorsed a planned sale of TikTok’s local operations, preventing the video app’s closure in the country and easing an issue in the trade war with China. “I have determined that the proposed divestiture would allow the millions of Americans who enjoy TikTok every day to continue using it while also protecting national security,” Trump said in an executive order. ByteDance, the app’s owner, was given 120 days to complete a deal, the fifth time Trump has extended... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3326956/trumps-tiktok-sign-china-climate-target-zijin-gold-ipo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3326956/trumps-tiktok-sign-china-climate-target-zijin-gold-ipo?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Sep 2025 09:00:08 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han US President Donald Trump on Thursday declared that a deal for TikTok satisfied the requirements of the US’ sale-or-ban law for the Chinese-owned short-video app, punctuating months of deliberations and years of angst in Washington over the app’s security implications. “I have determined that the proposed divestiture would allow the millions of Americans who enjoy TikTok every day to continue using it while also protecting national security,” Trump wrote in an executive order issued on... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3326902/trump-signs-order-saying-tiktok-sale-meets-us-requirements?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3326902/trump-signs-order-saying-tiktok-sale-meets-us-requirements?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Sep 2025 21:04:16 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial Phone calls between the leaders of China and the United States can leave a global following keen for more detailed accounts. The latest, the third this year between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, is no exception. They discussed topics ranging from trade frictions to a deal on the control of short-video app TikTok’s US operations. Trump described the call as “very productive”. Beijing said the talks were “pragmatic, positive and constructive”, but without confirming US reports of a TikTok deal.... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3326384/us-and-china-must-build-positive-xi-trump-call-stabilise-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3326384/us-and-china-must-build-positive-xi-trump-call-stabilise-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:14:14 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump is expected to approve a deal for TikTok through an executive order, declaring that it satisfies the requirements of law later this week, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing a senior White House official. This would cap months of US-China deliberations that underscored wider trade talks and solidify the timeline for a much-awaited deal to keep the popular short video app running in the US. Trump has said that the United States and China have made progress... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326412/trump-approve-us-china-tiktok-deal-week-executive-order-report?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326412/trump-approve-us-china-tiktok-deal-week-executive-order-report?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Sep 2025 11:14:38 +0000 Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will meet at an upcoming Asia forum as the two countries progress in trade talks, including a deal for TikTok’s US operations. Final approval for the video-app agreement is now “just a formality”, Trump said on Friday following an almost two-hour-long phone conversation with Xi. The US will have “very, very tight control” of the algorithm that decides what content users see, he said. The call was Trump’s second with Xi since taking... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3326385/trump-xi-call-shows-tiktok-more-labubu-unboxing-clips?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3326385/trump-xi-call-shows-tiktok-more-labubu-unboxing-clips?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Sep 2025 09:00:41 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump said prominent billionaires – including media mogul Rupert Murdoch and tech founder Michael Dell – could be part of a deal in which the United States will take control of US operations of TikTok. Trump name-dropped the 94-year-old Murdoch and his son Lachlan Murdoch, the head of Fox News and News Corp, as part of a group of possible participants in a deal during an interview recorded on Friday and broadcast on Sunday on Fox News. “I think they’re going to be in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326320/fox-news-rupert-murdoch-tech-ceo-michael-dell-could-take-part-tiktok-deal-says-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326320/fox-news-rupert-murdoch-tech-ceo-michael-dell-could-take-part-tiktok-deal-says-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Sep 2025 19:36:09 +0000 Frank Chen Frank Chen The White House claimed on Saturday that the US operations of TikTok will be spun off, its board will be mostly Americans and its algorithm will be controlled in the US, after President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping discussed a deal for the short video platform in a phone call on Friday. The US unit of TikTok will be majority-owned and controlled by American investors under the deal to separate from its Chinese owner, ByteDance, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326269/us-tiktok-deal-gives-americans-6-7-board-seats-white-house?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326269/us-tiktok-deal-gives-americans-6-7-board-seats-white-house?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Sep 2025 15:13:23 +0000 Ben Jiang Ben Jiang ByteDance will proceed with a deal to keep TikTok’s operations in the US in line with “the requirements of Chinese laws”, the social media giant said in a Chinese-language post on WeChat early on Saturday, hours after a call between President Xi Jinping and American counterpart Donald Trump. But in a subsequent English-language post on X, which is barred in China, the Beijing-based tech unicorn – owner of short video platforms TikTok and Douyin – thanked both Xi and Trump “for their efforts to... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3326245/bytedance-aims-proceed-tiktok-deal-line-chinese-laws?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3326245/bytedance-aims-proceed-tiktok-deal-line-chinese-laws?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Sep 2025 07:42:10 +0000 Khushboo Razdan,Orange Wang Khushboo Razdan,Orange Wang Chinese President Xi Jinping and his American counterpart Donald Trump have spoken by phone for the third time this year, capping off a string of high-level US-China engagements, with the US leader suggesting that the two sides made progress on trade friction and a TikTok deal, among other issues. Both presidents framed the nearly two-hour-long conversation in positive terms, with Trump calling it “very productive” and Beijing describing it as “pragmatic, positive and constructive”. Trump... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3326198/xi-trump-call-paves-way-apec-summit-tariffs-tensions-and-taiwan-loom?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3326198/xi-trump-call-paves-way-apec-summit-tariffs-tensions-and-taiwan-loom?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:05:30 +0000 Haining Gao,Neil Denslow Haining Gao,Neil Denslow US President Donald Trump said a tariff truce with China may be extended in order to conclude a trade agreement between the world’s two largest economies. “We’re pretty close to a deal,” Trump said at a press conference at the end of a state visit to the UK. “We may do an extension with China, but it’s an extension based on the same terms that we have right now, which are pretty good terms.” Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are due to hold a call on Friday night (Hong Kong time) which... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3326125/trump-xi-call-nvidia-china-pressure-zijin-gold-ipo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3326125/trump-xi-call-nvidia-china-pressure-zijin-gold-ipo?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Sep 2025 09:00:10 +0000 Mia Nurmamat Mia Nurmamat US President Donald Trump on Thursday hinted at the possible extension of a trade truce with China and at facilitating a deal for TikTok’s continued operation in America, as the market eagerly awaits any signs of progress in an anticipated phone call between the two countries’ leaders today. Trump made the comments at a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in which Trump said: “We’re pretty close to a deal. We may do an extension with China, but it’s an extension based... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3326095/ahead-call-chinas-xi-trump-touches-tiktok-deal-and-extending-trade-truce?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3326095/ahead-call-chinas-xi-trump-touches-tiktok-deal-and-extending-trade-truce?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:07:33 +0000 Brian Rhoads,Neil Denslow Brian Rhoads,Neil Denslow The US and China have made “significant progress” on President Donald Trump’s potential state visit to Beijing, which could be tied to a huge Chinese order of American goods. “There are a few small loose ends. But the major blocks are already resolved,” a person familiar with the situation told the Post. “Things are taking shape.” Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are due to hold a phone call on Friday, following the end of trade talks in Madrid this week. China could order soybeans and... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3325841/trump-xi-summit-progress-bodes-well-boeing-us-farmers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3325841/trump-xi-summit-progress-bodes-well-boeing-us-farmers?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Sep 2025 09:00:54 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han US President Donald Trump on Tuesday extended the deadline for TikTok’s US shutdown for the fourth time in his second term ahead of a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping about the fate of the Chinese-owned short video app. In an executive order issued on Tuesday, Trump set the new deadline for December 16. The decision comes a day after the US and China concluded talks in Madrid, where the two sides reached a “framework” for resolving issues related to the app, according to senior Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3325781/trump-extends-tiktok-deadline-again-ahead-talk-xi?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3325781/trump-extends-tiktok-deadline-again-ahead-talk-xi?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:05:30 +0000 Ralph Jennings,Kandy Wong Ralph Jennings,Kandy Wong Despite its vague wording, the new China-US framework deal on popular video-sharing app TikTok represents an important step in advancing bilateral talks and keeping ties warm ahead of any future meetings between the world’s two largest economies, according to analysts. And they added that Beijing could potentially try to leverage the TikTok deal by seeking tariff cuts or relief from hi-tech export controls. Officials from both powers confirmed after negotiations in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday and... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3325752/peeling-us-china-tiktok-deal-analysts-see-layers-leverage-tariffs-and-soybeans?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3325752/peeling-us-china-tiktok-deal-analysts-see-layers-leverage-tariffs-and-soybeans?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Sep 2025 13:00:16 +0000 Brian Rhoads,Neil Denslow Brian Rhoads,Neil Denslow The US and China agreed a framework for the future of video-streaming application TikTok’s US operations, potentially ending one of the many disputes underlying the nations’ trade war. The accord was based on concepts including the “entrusted operation of TikTok’s US user data and content security business, as well as the licensed use of algorithm and other intellectual property rights”, Wang Jingtao, China’s deputy director of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, said in Madrid. He spoke... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3325710/tiktok-shows-us-china-deal-possible-some-things-least?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3325710/tiktok-shows-us-china-deal-possible-some-things-least?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:00:25 +0000 Khushboo Razdan,Xiaofei Xu,Ji Siqi Khushboo Razdan,Xiaofei Xu,Ji Siqi China has confirmed that a framework agreement has been reached with the United States on resolving TikTok-related issues, while stressing that the “hard-won” results should not be accompanied by continued “suppression” of Chinese companies. “The two sides held candid and in-depth exchanges and reached a basic framework consensus on properly resolving relevant issues concerning TikTok through cooperation, on reducing barriers to investment and on promoting relevant trade and economic... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3325628/trump-teases-possible-deal-tiktok-plans-call-xi?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3325628/trump-teases-possible-deal-tiktok-plans-call-xi?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:37:25 +0000 Reuters,dpa Reuters,dpa The White House launched an official TikTok account on Tuesday, taking advantage of the short video app’s more than 170 million US users to spread the messages of President Donald Trump. Trump has a soft spot for the popular app, crediting it with helping him gain support among young voters when he defeated Democrat Kamala Harris in the November 2024 presidential election. The White House’s official account comes as a new deadline approaches for its parent company ByteDance to divest from its US... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322507/trump-white-house-debuts-tiktok-account-ahead-possible-ban-i-am-your-voice?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322507/trump-white-house-debuts-tiktok-account-ahead-possible-ban-i-am-your-voice?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Aug 2025 08:37:27 +0000 Bochen Han Bochen Han TikTok may come up in trade talks with China next week, but if Beijing does not approve a divestment deal for Chinese owner ByteDance, the app will soon go dark in the United States, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Thursday. US President Donald Trump’s administration will allow TikTok to remain in the US “if it’s in American control, and … China can have a little piece or ByteDance, the current owner, can keep a little piece”, Lutnick said, speaking on CNBC. “Americans will have... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/money-wealth/article/3319507/china-trade-talks-could-include-tiktok-lutnick-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/money-wealth/article/3319507/china-trade-talks-could-include-tiktok-lutnick-says?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Jul 2025 17:02:05 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg TikTok is trying to talk to Canada about security solutions that would spare the popular video app from a looming order to shut down operations in the country. So far, its pleas have fallen on deaf ears, said Steve de Eyre, director of TikTok’s government affairs for Canada, in an interview. “We are still looking to get to the table,” he said. TikTok, owned by China-based ByteDance, started this month to freeze spending on cultural programmes and sponsorships following a November directive to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318204/tiktok-urgently-pitches-canada-security-solution-avoid-shutdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318204/tiktok-urgently-pitches-canada-security-solution-avoid-shutdown?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 Jul 2025 21:24:26 +0000 Reuters Reuters TikTok is preparing to launch a stand-alone app for US users that is expected to operate on a separate algorithm and data system from its global app, laying the groundwork for a potential sale orchestrated by US President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter. Over the past several months, TikTok employees have been working under tight deadlines to build a new, US-specific version of TikTok by transferring and duplicating the application’s codebase – including AI models,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3317601/tiktok-prepares-launch-us-specific-app-trump-pushes-sale?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3317601/tiktok-prepares-launch-us-specific-app-trump-pushes-sale?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Jul 2025 16:31:16 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng TikTok owner ByteDance has denied a recent report that it agreed to sell its US operations to a consortium led by Oracle, according to multiple Chinese media. On Monday, Chinese media GeekPark published an article saying that the Beijing-based social media giant had given the nod for a sale to a group led by Oracle, in which it would maintain a minority stake. The article has since been removed. Meanwhile, the company is reportedly working on new versions of the popular short video app, as well... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3317368/tiktok-owner-denies-accepting-oracle-deal-deadline-approaches-us-sell-or-ban-law?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3317368/tiktok-owner-denies-accepting-oracle-deal-deadline-approaches-us-sell-or-ban-law?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Jul 2025 09:00:16 +0000 Reuters Reuters TikTok is building a new version of its app for users in the United States ahead of a planned sale of the app to a group of investors, technology and business news website The Information reported on Sunday, citing unnamed sources. The news comes as US President Donald Trump said on Friday he will start talking to China on Monday or Tuesday about a possible TikTok deal. He said the United States “pretty much” has a deal on the sale of the TikTok short-video app. TikTok has developed a plan to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3317162/tiktok-building-new-version-app-ahead-expected-us-sale-reports?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3317162/tiktok-building-new-version-app-ahead-expected-us-sale-reports?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Jul 2025 19:09:15 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo China has been accused of doing many nefarious things in the United States, but deliberately spreading antisemitism? That’s the claim made by Democrat Congressman Jared Moskowitz in an official hearing. You have to admit facts-free China criticism in the US gets more inventive by the day. Beijing has been criticised for allowing antisemitic content without online censorship within China, and TikTok has been accused – the big reason it faces being banned – of platforming antisemitic criticism of... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3317146/us-politician-claims-china-spreading-antisemitism-really?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3317146/us-politician-claims-china-spreading-antisemitism-really?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Jul 2025 13:00:14 +0000 Shi Jiangtao Shi Jiangtao US President Donald Trump has reaffirmed his interest in visiting China, while announcing that bilateral talks are set to start early next week on a possible TikTok deal that could determine the future of the popular video-sharing platform. The fate of TikTok, which faces a potential ban in the US over national security concerns, has long been a sticking point in US-China relations. Under a law passed by the US Congress last year, ByteDance Ltd, the Beijing-based parent company of the social... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3317093/donald-trump-says-us-and-china-will-hold-talks-tiktok-deal-early-next-week?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3317093/donald-trump-says-us-and-china-will-hold-talks-tiktok-deal-early-next-week?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Jul 2025 13:00:11 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg TikTok is cutting more workers from its US e-commerce division, TikTok Shop, the third round of lay-offs for that team since April. “As the TikTok Shop business evolves, we regularly review our operations to ensure long-term success,” a representative for the video-sharing app said in a statement on Wednesday. “We’ve made the difficult decision to adjust parts of our team to better align with strategic priorities.” TikTok did not respond to the question of how many people are being cut. TikTok... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3316727/tiktok-shop-cuts-more-us-jobs-trumps-ban-deadline-looms?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3316727/tiktok-shop-cuts-more-us-jobs-trumps-ban-deadline-looms?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Jul 2025 02:45:08 +0000 Danielle Popov Danielle Popov TikTok has launched its e-commerce platform in Japan, enabling users to directly buy products featured in videos, as the app continues to face an uncertain future in the US. TikTok Shop’s launch in Japan on Monday confirms the Post’s earlier report that the popular short-video app is seeking to diversify its global footprint while reducing its reliance on the US market, as President Donald Trump has demanded the app’s US operations be sold to American investors. Trump said in an interview with... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3316505/tiktok-shop-opens-business-japan-us-fate-hangs-balance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3316505/tiktok-shop-opens-business-japan-us-fate-hangs-balance?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:00:08 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump said in a Fox News interview broadcast on Sunday that he had found a buyer for the TikTok short-video app, which he described as a group of “very wealthy people” whose identities he will reveal “in about two weeks”. It’s a time frame Trump often cites, most recently about a decision on whether the US military would get directly involved in the war between Israel and Iran. The US struck Iranian nuclear sites just days later. Trump made the remarks in an interview on Fox... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3316297/trump-says-he-has-group-very-wealthy-people-buy-tiktok?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3316297/trump-says-he-has-group-very-wealthy-people-buy-tiktok?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Jun 2025 16:40:04 +0000