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ByteDance’s wildly popular short video app has gotten caught up in U.S.-China tensions, with Washington worried that personal data on TikTok’s 100 million U.S. users could fall into Beijing’s hands.
Cover Story: Will TikTok Be the Next Huawei?
Founder Zhang Yiming’s efforts to defuse rising political pressures fail to gain traction as U.S. moves to follow India in banning the popular video app citing data security concerns

Kuaishou Seeks $5.4 Billion in Biggest Tech IPO Since Uber
ByteDance rival is one of China’s biggest internet success stories of the past decade, part of a generation of startups that thrived with Tencent backing

China’s New Monopoly Rules Put Fintech Giants in the Crosshairs
Nonbank payment providers such as Alipay and WeChat Pay could find themselves a target of antitrust investigations

CX Daily: Japan’s New China Envoy Says Two Countries Need to Break Cycle of Ups and Downs
Jack Ma makes his first public appearance since October. Plus, Beijing finds two cases of a more infectious European coronavirus strain

TikTok Owner Launches Digital Payment Service in Challenge Against Alibaba, Tencent
Move comes as company seeks to grab larger share of China’s booming livestreaming e-commerce market ahead of Lunar New Year

China’s No. 2 Short Video App Kuaishou Set for Feb. 5 IPO, Source Says
Listing will test the market’s appetite for TikTok-like stocks as ByteDance’s Douyin weighs going public

Chinese Short-Video Platforms Hosting Videos Promoting Endangered Wildlife Trade, Report Says
Hundreds of clips with millions of total views included animals such as elephants, turtles and horseshoe crabs

China Announces Rules to Block ‘Unjustified’ Application of Foreign Laws
Commerce ministry says move aims to protect “normal trade” and other activities

China Slams Trump Order Banning Alipay, WeChat Pay
Order is the outgoing administration’s latest bid to use national security powers against China’s technology companies

Year in Review: Once Darlings, China Tech Giants Face Growing Scrutiny at Home and Abroad
Setbacks for telecoms giant Huawei, internet sensation TikTok and Starbucks challenger Luckin reflect increasing pushback against Chinese high-tech firms

Alibaba U.S.-Listed Shares Tumble Most Ever on China Monopoly Probe
E-commerce giant’s U.S. listed stock fell 13% in its biggest one-day drop on record, bringing Alibaba to its lowest level since July

Italian Regulator Takes Up Case Against TikTok for Endangering Kids’ Privacy
TikTok has 30 days to respond, as EU hones in on data security concerns regarding the Chinese video-sharing site

Walmart and TikTok to Import Chinese-Style Livestreaming E-Commerce Stateside
Partnership builds on U.S. retailer’s tentative investment stake, seeking to capitalize on hit Chinese practice while lending a new commercial base to TikTok

CX Daily: Private Chemical Producer Fails to Repay Bonds on Time but Avoids Default Label
MSCI follows rivals to remove some Chinese stocks from its indexes. A former TSMC executive joins China's leading chipmaker

TikTok Appellate Judges Signal Skepticism of Trump’s Ban on App
Administration’s attack on ByteDance video-sharing unit may violate federal law, two of three judges say at hearing