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Is TikTok’s parent company an agent of the Chinese state? In China Inc., it’s a little more complicated

  • Written by Shaomin Li, Eminent Scholar and Professor of International Business, Old Dominion University
imageSome U.S. lawmakers have grown concerned about TikTok.Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images.

Does the Chinese government have officials inside TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, pulling the strings? And does the storing of data from the popular social media app outside of China protect Americans?

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