The Chinese government would rather TikTok shut down US operations than be forced to sell out of concerns of appearing 'weak'
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Sources told Reuters that China would prefer a total shutdown of TikTok's US operations rather than see it sold. Chinese officials are reportedly worried they would "appear weak in the face of pressure" by acquiescing to Trump's forced sale.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more storiesBeijing opposes a forced sale of TikTok's U.S.
Two of the sources said China was willing to use revisions it made to a technology exports list on Aug. 28 to delay any deal reached by ByteDance, if it had to. Within these, ByteDance could still push ahead with a sale of TikTok's U.S. assets without approval from China's commerce ministry by selling them without key algorithms.
U.S. officials have criticised the app's security and privacy, suggesting that user data might be shared with Beijing. TikTok has said it would not comply with any request to share user data with the Chinese authorities.
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