China threatens retaliation for Trump’s WeChat, TikTok ban – UPI.com

The Chinese government on Saturday threatened sanctions after the Trump administration’s ban on WeChat and TikTok. China’s Commerce Ministry said companies on its “unreliable entities” list, which it created last year after the United States placed tighter restrictions on China’s Huawei Technologies, would be banned from investing in China or trading with the Chinese market. Advertisement Though the Chinese government hasn’t named entities on the list, state media has reported that Apple and Google could be sanctioned amid the souring of U.S.-China relations. China would probe and take “corresponding actions” against any firm that “harmed China’s sovereignty, security and development…