(Beijing) China on Monday urged the United States to hear “the voice of reason” about TikTok, as a law banning the popular application on American territory came into force.
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“We hope that the American side will listen to the voice of reason and provide an open, fair, just and non-discriminatory business environment for commercial entities from all countries operating in the United States,” said regular Mao Ning, a spokesperson. word of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“TikTok is an application very popular with American users and has been present in the United States for many years. It has played a positive role in promoting employment and stimulating consumption in the United States,” she underlined during a regular press briefing.
The social network was restored on Sunday in the United States, just hours after its suspension, a conclusion in the form of a political victory for American President-elect Donald Trump.
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A sign of the intact vitality of the platform with more than 170 million users in the United States, TikTok was immediately flooded with videos celebrating this return.
Earlier on Sunday, the future head of state committed to issuing a decree once invested on Monday to suspend the law banning TikTok on American soil.
The text adopted in 2024 opens the possibility of postponing the implementation for 90 days while a buyer is found, an alternative offered to the parent company of TikTok, the Chinese ByteDance, in place of the ban.
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