Beijing warned on Wednesday (Mar 13) that a proposed ban on Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok would “inevitably come back to bite the United States”.
The US House of Representatives is set to vote later Wednesday on a Bill that would force the app to cut ties with its Chinese owner or get banned in the United States.
The legislation is the biggest threat yet to the video-sharing app, which has surged to huge popularity across the world while raising fears among governments and security officials over its Chinese ownership and potential subservience to the Communist Party in Beijing.
Ahead of the vote, foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin condemned the proposed ban.
“Although the United States has never found evidence that TikTok threatens US national security, it has not stopped suppressing TikTok,” he said.
“This kind of bullying behaviour that cannot win in fair competition disrupts companies’ normal business activity, damages the confidence of international investors in the investment environment, and damages the normal international economic and trade order,” he added.
“In the end, this will inevitably come back to bite the United States itself,” Wang said.
