China urges U.S. to cease unreasonable suppression of foreign companies
2023-03-25 09:15:13 source：CGTN
March 24, 2023
China urges the United States to cease its unreasonable suppression of foreign enterprises, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Friday, in commenting on the attendance of the CEO of social media platform TikTok at a U.S. Housing hearing earlier Thursday.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew appeared before Congress Thursday morning to face questions that centered around what the U.S. government calls "concerns that the Chinese government could leverage the app's data to surveil American citizens or otherwise undermine U.S. national interests."
Speaking at a press conference in Beijing in response, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning lashed out at the U.S. move to use so-called "national security concerns" as a pretext to suppress foreign companies like Chinese-owned short-form video app TikTok.
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