on June 29, 2020 shows a person using the video-sharing app TikTok
on a smartphone in New Delhi. Sajjad HUSSAIN /
AFP
Beijing on Friday accused the United St ates of
“suppression” after President Donald Trump ordered sweeping
restrictions against Chinese social media giants TikTok and
WeChat.
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Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a regular
press briefing that the US move came at the expense of American
users and companies.
Trump’s executive orders, which take effect in 45 days, bar
anyone under US jurisdiction from doing business with the owners of
TikTok or WeChat.
They come as the world’s two biggest economies clash over a host
of issues from the coronavirus to Hong Kong and Chinese telecoms
giant Huawei.
Trump’s orders say the social media giants are a threat to US
“national security, foreign policy, and economy”, as the president
seeks to curb China’s power in global technology.
Wang said “the US frequently abuses its national power and
unjustifiably suppresses non-US companies”.
“At the expense of the rights and interests of US users and
companies, the US… is carrying out arbitrary political manipulation
and suppression,” he added.
AFP