China says US TikTok vote follows 'logic of a bandit'

Beijing’s China claimed on Thursday ( Mar 14 ) that the US House of Representatives ‘ decision to ratify a bill that would “force TikTok to cut ties with its Chinese parent company” or be outlawed in the US follows “entirely the logic of a bandit.”

Although the short-video app has gained a lot of popularity internationally, European cities are concerned about its possession by Chinese technology company ByteDance and alleged servitude to Beijing’s decision Communist Party.

A expenses that may require TikTok to withdraw from its parent company or be subject to a nationwide ban was unanimously approved by the US House of Representatives on Wednesday.

The Bill has yet to pass the Senate, where it is anticipated to have to complete a more stringent set of requirements before becoming law.

According to Wang Wenbin, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry,” The Bill passed by the United States House of Representatives places the United States on the opposite end of the lines of fair competition and international economic and trade rules.”

There is no fairness and justice at all, he said, “if so-called reasons of national security can be used to unilaterally control superb companies from other countries.”

This is totally the logic of a pirate when someone notices something that someone else has and attempts to take it for themselves.

The world will be able to see more clearly how well the United States ‘ so-called guidelines and get benefit the world or how they only benefit the country itself as a result of how the country handled the TikTok event. “

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