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US and European fears about China exploiting TikTok’s data harvest and promoting Beijing’s worldview look set to inspire an urgent overhaul in data privacy laws
The FBI has called it a national security threat. The US government has forcing officials to delete it from their phones. Texas senator Ted Cruz has as “a Trojan horse the Chinese Communist party can use to influence what Americans see, hear, and ultimately think”. And in March its CEO will defend its existence . For those unaware of the debate broiling on the other side of the Atlantic, the target of this strong rhetoric might prove surprising: an app best known for viral dances, launching generation Z media stars, and sucking teens down an hours-long content abyss.
But the rancorous debate over TikTok that began under the Trump administration has rolled on under President Biden. In addition to a ban of the app on all federal government devices, at least have blocked TikTok on devices they’ve issued, affecting a number of state schools and universities, too. A bipartisan bill, introduced in Congress last December, stipulates banning the app’s use by everyone in the United States.

"China had too much respect for 'TRUMP' for this to have happened, and it NEVER did," the former president said Sunday.

Senator Marco Rubio said Sunday that President Biden's "dereliction of duty" on dealing with the Chinese spy balloon started with his failure to inform the American public.

Senator Marco Rubio said Sunday that President Biden's "dereliction of duty" on dealing with the Chinese spy balloon started with his failure to inform the American public.

Senator Marco Rubio said Sunday that President Biden's "dereliction of duty" on dealing with the Chinese spy balloon started with his failure to inform the American public.

Beijing used a national security law to quash dissent. Now another warning is being sent, with the mass trial of what was once Hong Kong’s political opposition.

Washington and Beijing need to resume talks quickly before the hawks bring the world to war
It must be admitted that over an enormous Chinese balloon that flew or blew, unannounced, over the US and Canada last week has a certain funny side. Pentagon generals went on high alert, fearful that their missile silos in Montana were being spied on. Joe Biden, not normally a trigger-happy man, had to be persuaded not to shoot it down, and then changed his mind. Republicans accused the president of being weak on balloon defence. Red-faced officials in Beijing scrambled to talk the over-excited Americans down.
The balloon, most likely a clandestine surveillance device, was ultimately deemed not to pose a physical threat. The Chinese, while insisting it was a weather device accidentally gone astray, .

Cornell Belcher, Lanhee Chen, Andrea Mitchell and Amy Walter join the Meet the Press roundtable to discuss mounting tensions between the U.S. and China.

American Born Chinese is the latest Disney+ adaptation, and it's packed to the brim with magical details. Here is what we know.

From its star-studded cast that features some amazing Asian representation to its plotline, we have some idea of what is going to come with this new Disney+ original show. Here is what we know so far.

The Chinese spy balloon saga is being presented by critics of the administration as the latest blow to the U.S. foreign policy under the leadership of President Biden.