What A TikTok Standoff Means For U.S.-China Competition



What A TikTok Standoff Means For U.S.-China Competition

TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, went offline in the United States shortly before a federal ban took effect on January 19.

What happens next will have major repercussions for the global technology competition between China and the United States and could set the tone for incoming U.S. President Donald Trump's relationship with Beijing.

Copyright (c) 2018. RFE/RL, Inc. Republished with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Washington DC 20036

What A TikTok Standoff Means For U.S.-China Competition

What A TikTok Standoff Means For U.S.-China Competition

RFE
20th January 2025, 07:15 GMT+11

TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, went offline in the United States shortly before a federal ban took effect on January 19.

What happens next will have major repercussions for the global technology competition between China and the United States and could set the tone for incoming U.S. President Donald Trump's relationship with Beijing.

Copyright (c) 2018. RFE/RL, Inc. Republished with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Washington DC 20036