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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

TikTok to Pay $92 Million to Settle U.S. Privacy Lawsuits
Plaintiffs claimed the popular app illegally recorded facial-scan images of users and disclosed private data to third parties

Exclusive: Despite Sanctions, Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei Says Company Profits Increased Last Year
Caixin has obtained internal records that suggest the company’s revenue and profit grew in last year

In Depth: Behind ByteDance’s Hiring Binge
If many of its products run on the same tech infrastructure, why does the company behind TikTok need so many new employees?

China’s Foreign Minister Urges Reset of Sino-U.S. Relations
Wang Yi suggests cooperating on pandemic control, climate change and spurring global economic recovery

CX Daily: Hundreds of Chinese Patients Died in ‘Redundant’ Trials of Proven Drugs
China's weeklong Lunar New Year holiday sees mixed fortunes for its economy. A European consumer rights group files a complaint on TikTok

European Consumer Organization Takes TikTok to Task for How It Treats Its Users
Group accuses the ByteDance-owned app of violating user rights and exposing underage viewers to inappropriate material

News Analysis: White House Shifts From Tech ‘Decoupling’ to ‘Small Yard, High Fence’ Approach
Instead of Trump’s scorched-earth tactics, Biden will define which technologies are key to the national interest and take action to protect them

TikTok Sale on Hold as Biden’s Team Reviews U.S.-China Policies
The developments show that the forced sale of TikTok is far down President Joe Biden’s list of priorities

Opinion: India’s Chinese App Ban May Leave New Delhi on the Hook for Billions in Damages
ByteDance and other tech companies could have huge claims against the Indian government for its decision to bar 267 apps from the country

Opinion: How Tencent and ByteDance Weaponized China’s Anti-Monopoly Rules
In the world of big tech, antitust regulations became yet another weapon to bludgeon the competition. That's why they had to be changed

Four Things to Know About Threats to China’s Payment Giants
Alipay and WeChat Pay are the two fintech companies most likely to feel the heat from new regulations for nonbank financial payment institutions