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China Hits Back on TikTok, Says It Doesn’t Ask Companies for Foreign Data

China’s Foreign Ministry accuses the U.S. of suppressing the popular app

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SINGAPORE—China’s Foreign Ministry criticized the U.S. for targeting TikTok and said Beijing would never require companies to illegally gather data and intelligence from overseas, escalating the debate over the popular app a day after its chief executive was pummeled in Congress.

The U.S. has presumed TikTok’s guilt and unreasonably suppressed the app, even though the government has provided no evidence that TikTok threatens its national security, Mao Ning, a ministry spokeswoman, said Friday. 

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