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The outcome of a fractured TikTok underscores the difficult choice facing Chinese technology companies with global aspirations.
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TAIPEI – When Chinese internet giant ByteDance officially split TikTok into separate entities for the US and the rest of the world on Jan 22, the deal marked a final capitulation for the survival of its popular social media app in the US after an arduous six-year fight.
The outcome of a fractured TikTok underscores the difficult choice facing Chinese technology companies with global aspirations. In the US, they must contend with shifting geopolitical fault lines, drawn-out legal battles and mistrust of any company with Chinese roots.
