China accuses the United States of applying “thug logic” to a possible veto on Tiktok

China This Thursday, he condemned the approval of the project to unlink the TikTok video app by the US House of Representatives and accused the North American country of applying “thug logic”.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said today at a press conference that the legislative measure puts U.S “in opposition to the principles of fair competition” and “the rules of international trade”.

According to the spokesperson, using national security as a pretext to “oppress successful foreign companies” is an “act of injustice” that “lacks justice”.

Wang accused the US of adopting a “bandit logic”, seeking to “appropriate the achievements of others through unfair means”.

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According to the spokesperson, this controversy will allow people to “see more clearly” whether “the rules and order” proclaimed by Washington “are beneficial to the world or only serve the United States itself”.

The Chamber of Deputies approved with 352 votes in favor and 65 against the bill that prohibits TikTok in the US and its parent company, ByteDanceyou don’t get rid of it in 165 days.

Critics of TikTok They argue that the platform poses a threat to national security due to the possibility of the Chinese government accessing users’ data.

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For its part, TikTok denied these accusations and stated that it never shared user data with the Chinese government.

Source: Elcomercio

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