China Warns US About TikTok Blowback

Ahead of the House of Representatives’ vote to pass a bill that would ban short video-sharing app TikTok if it fails to separate from its Chinese parent company, China warned the move would come back to haunt the United States. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin accused lawmakers of “robbery logic” and said Washington risked showing the world it only takes legal action for its own benefit—a line of reasoning one China analyst called ironic, citing Beijing’s heavy censorship apparatus. The controversy over TikTok centers on national security concerns. Critics point out its parent company, ByteDance, could share user data…