TikTok deal: Chinese state media slams US agreement as ‘dirty’ and ‘unpalatable’ CNN


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Hong Kong (CNN Business) Two prominent Chinese media outlets are urging Beijing to kill what they call a "dirty" and "unpalatable" deal intended to keep TikTok operating in the United States . The editorial boards of China Daily and the Global Times — both state-run publications — this week blasted an arrangement that would give American companies at least some ownership in the short-form video app. TikTok's parent company ByteDance is based in Beijing. "What the United States has done to TikTok is almost the same as a gangster forcing an unreasonable and unfair business deal on a legitimate company,"...