The White House revoked Trump-era executive orders that tried to ban TikTok and WeChat Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday revoked and replaced executive orders targeting TikTok, WeChat and eight other software applications signed by former President Donald Trump. “President Biden revoked and replaced three E.O.s …
Read More »U.S. judge denies gov’t motion to stay preliminary injunction on WeChat ban
San Francisco, USA | XINHUA | A U.S. judge from the District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday denied the government’s motion to stay the preliminary injunction on banning WeChat, a messaging, social media, and mobile payment app owned by Chinese company Tencent. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler …
Read More »U.S. may lose in Trump’s TikTok war, expert warns
New York, US | XINHUA | As the Trump administration is threatening to ban popular apps including TikTok and WeChat, “the United States may lose in Trump’s TikTok war,” warned an expert. Wei Shangjin, professor of finance and economics at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business and School of International …
Read More »U.S. political suppression of non-American firms doomed to boomerang: China
Beijing, China | XINHUA | Saying that reckless political manipulation and suppression of certain non-American firms by the United States is doomed to “boomerang,” China on Friday urged Washington to rectify its mistake and refrain from politicizing economic issues. The remarks were made by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin in response …
Read More »Trump issues order banning U.S. transactions with TikTok in 45 days
Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday issued an executive order banning any U.S. transactions with Chinese tech firm ByteDance, owner of popular video-sharing app TikTok, starting in 45 days, a controversial move widely criticized by experts. The app has been downloaded over 175 million times in …
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