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China says US 'abusing power' by squeezing TikTok

The logo of the social network application TikTok and a US flag
Photo credit: Nicolas Asfouri | AFP

What you need to know:

  • A US government order had sought to ban new downloads of the Chinese-owned app from midnight (0400 GMT Monday) -- but allow use of TikTok until November 12, when all use would be blocked.
  • Describing the order as "bullying behaviour", Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said it was evidence of "abusing national power to unreasonably suppress other countries' enterprises".

Beijing,

Beijing on Monday accused the Trump administration of abusing "national power" by trying to ban TikTok, as a federal court gave the video app's US operations a stay of execution.