Tag: TikTok

TikTok really is the central front in the US-China Tech war
2Aug By Stuart WhiteNo Comments
Opinion

TikTok really is the central front in the US-China Tech war

If the future of the internet will be determined by a technology war between the United States and China, India is the key emerging-market battleground.Until recently, TikTok, the popular vertical video app had as many as 1 billion users but after the India ban on TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps, including the messaging giant WeChat, the Clash of Kings mobile video game, and Baidu maps, the number of users plummeted rapidly.The devastating effect can be analyzed by the fact that TikTok was downloaded in India 611 million times in this year's first quarter, equating to 30.3% of its total downloads worldwide in the quarter and nearly double the total number of India downloads for all of 2019.The digital rupture between China and India virtually ensures that the latter will land firmly in Am...
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US should focus more on expansive operations of Chinese state-owned enterprises: Report
2Aug By Grace TsoiNo Comments
World

US should focus more on expansive operations of Chinese state-owned enterprises: Report

A Washington-based think tank has suggested that the Trump administration should be more focused on the expansive operations of Chinese state-owned enterprises and not just remain fixated on two Chinese firms -- TikTok and Huawei.While these companies undoubtedly raise clear and important concerns, the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said the US should demonstrate more strategic maturity if it was equally focused on the operations of China Communications Construction Company, COSCO Shipping, and State Grid which are quietly dominating the sectors of infrastructure, telecommunications, transportation, energy, and financial services globally. "Where the United States does pay attention to the global architecture of China's rise, such as the Belt and Road Initiative or t
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Border clash with India might cost China dominant power status
21Jul By Grace TsoiNo Comments
Opinion, World

Border clash with India might cost China dominant power status

Experts are of the opinion that if other countries also follow India’s ban on 59 Chinese apps, including the popular video-sharing app TikTok, it could seriously set back China’s ambition to replace the US as the world's dominant technological power."Chinese companies can't really be global if they lose out on India," said Rush Doshi, an expert on Chinese strategy at the Brookings Institution. "And if India can do this, then other countries can do it too.”In July, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made comments that the United States was considering a ban on TikTok and other Chinese social-media apps. Australia is also pondering a TikTok ban.The damage may not be limited to India. The Indian ban could have a "cascading effect," says Adam Segal, an expert on Chinese technology firms at the Cou
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Xi Jinping laughed off threats of economic retaliation for Ladakh, now TikTok faces $6 bn loss: US strategist
14Jul By Nectar GanNo Comments
Politics

Xi Jinping laughed off threats of economic retaliation for Ladakh, now TikTok faces $6 bn loss: US strategist

According to reports, TikTok's mother company, China-based ByteDance, could face a loss of $6 Billion following Indian government's decision to ban 59 Chinese apps including hugely popular TikTok.As per China’s Caixinglobal.com, the amount is likely more than the combined losses for all the other Chinese apps banned by India.Following the reports, U.S. Strategist and Military Historian Edward N Luttwak in a social media post called out the naiveté of Chinese President Xi Jinping for thinking there will be no economic retaliation from India for its intrusion into the Indian Territory in Ladakh.“In Beijing, Xi Jinping's minions laughed off threats of economic retaliation for the Ladakh attack: "India is very poor, who cares?" Yesterday the owner of Tik Tok the most profitable of the 58 Chine
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