Chen Bing: Geopolitical mischief, the risk of TikTok being blocked by the United States is high

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Chen, after the United States banned TikTok from running on federal government facilities, U.S.
Congressman Gallagher stigmatized this video software as an "addictive drug" and demanded that it be completely banned in the United States.
What do you think? Chen Bing, a special commentator: For TikTok, American politicians have never let it go.
Trump wanted to ban it and asked to sell it to American companies, but it was too late to ban it and he stepped down first.
The Biden government has allowed TikTok to continue to operate, but it has already restricted it.
Before and after last year's mid-term elections, the United States increased its efforts to crack down on TikTok.
First, the United States legislated to prohibit the installation of TikTok software on all action devices of the federal government.
Then, 19 states passed successive laws to prohibit employees from installing TikTok on state government equipment.
Now, Republican Congressman Gallagher, the chairman of the China Special Committee of the House of Representatives, once again points the finger at TikTok, demands a comprehensive ban in the United States, and stigmatizes this video software as "digital fentanyl" and "addictive drugs", which is extremely destructive.
Almost without exception, American politicians have linked TikTok with national security, believing that TikTok with Chinese background may be collecting intelligence to serve Beijing.
In fact, TikTok and Tiktok in China are two versions.
TikTok's data are stored in the United States, which is a multinational company with ByteDance shares.
There is no TikTok in Hong Kong.
I personally think that American politicians also know that TikTok is not related to the national security of the United States.
The main reason is that TikTok is too successful and poses challenges to similar enterprises in the United States.
Therefore, both Trump and Gallagher say that if it is sold to American enterprises, TikTok can continue to operate.
Look, if it really affects the national security of the United States, no enterprise should operate, which just shows that the United States is trying to seize TikTok from Chinese enterprises.
How powerful is TikTok? Its users surpassed Google last year, and the viewing time of American users exceeded that of tubing.
The New York Times has a long analysis that thinks that TikTok is the product of the times sandwiched between China and the United States.
The United States thinks it is too Chinese, while China thinks it is too American.
In fact, TikTok is not only the product of China, but also the product of the United States.
It is the integration of business thinking, capital and talent, and even a symbol of mutual exchanges between China and the United States.
However, due to geopolitical mischief, TikTok was caught between China and the United States, becoming a doormat and squeezed by both sides.
So can TikTok survive in the United States next? It is possible, but the risk of being blocked is also high.
The reason why it is possible to survive is that two-thirds of American teenagers like this software and oppose the government and parliament's complete ban.
The public opinion power may keep TikTok even if government officials no longer use it.
It is said that the risk is great because the two parties of the United States have a comprehensive conflict in internal affairs, but there is a high consensus in dealing with China and Russia in diplomacy.
It does not rule out that the two parties jointly suppress TikTok, or even seize TikTok at a low price.