TikTok Fight Rocks U.S.-China Relations

Lawmakers press app’s CEO over Chinese ties at tumultuous hearing; Beijing says it will fight forced sale

Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

U.S.-China relations were dealt another blow as lawmakers at a House hearing pummeled TikTok’s chief executive over the popular app’s ties to China, and as Beijing said it would fight any U.S. attempt to force the company’s sale by its Chinese owners.

The hearing Thursday, peppered with withering attacks on TikTok from both Democrats and Republicans, ran more than five hours and underscored growing concern about Beijing’s potential influence over the app. U.S.-China relations are already frayed over trade, Taiwan, technology and geopolitical rivalries.

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