Trumpࢀ™s TikTok and WeChat Ban Could Backfire Inside China

Trumpࢀ™s TikTok and WeChat Ban Could Backfire Inside China TECH COLD WAR Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero/The Daily Beast/Getty The WeChat app in Trumpࢀ™s bullseye is essential for doing business inside Chinaࢀ"and there is scant evidence TikTokࢀ™s founder is a close ally of Beijing. Brendon Hong 42AM ET H ONG KONGࢀ"As Donald Trump moves to ban transactions with WeChat and ByteDance , the parent company of TikTok, people in China are wondering if theyࢀ™ll need to ditch their iPhones to keep their favorite app, and noting that the White Houseࢀ™s splinternet rhetoric is straight out of Beijingࢀ™s own playbook. Trumpࢀ™s…