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TikTok ban threat reveals an insecure America

It should not have required lawmakers to invoke the Chinese shadow to get cracking on Ukraine, the Middle East and Asia.

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Efforts in recent months to build a case against TikTok seemed like a foregone conclusion in search of a reason., says the writer.

Efforts in recent months to build a case against TikTok seemed like a foregone conclusion in search of a reason, says the writer.

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For all the talk of a polarised America unable to get its act together, this week brings good news. 

An omnibus US$95 billion (S$129 billion) package has been

signed into law

by US President Joe Biden, after receiving bipartisan support in Congress.

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