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China says US using ‘bandit logic’ to ban TikTok

Beijing, Mar 14 (EFE).- China on Thursday criticized the approval of a bill to ban TikTok in the United States, labeling the move as “the logic of bandit.”

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin told reporters that the ban “runs contrary to the principles of fair competition and international economic and trade rules”.

“If the so-called reasons of national security can be used to arbitrarily suppress excellent companies from other countries, then there is no fairness and justice at all,” Wang said.

“When someone sees a good thing another person has and tries to take it for themselves, this is entirely the logic of a bandit.”

According to the spokesperson, the controversy would allow people to “see more clearly” whether the “rules and order” preached by Washington “are beneficial to the world or only serve the United States itself”.

The House of Representatives approved with 352 votes in favor and 65 against the bill that bans TikTok in the US if its parent company, ByteDance, does not divest from it in 165 days.

Critics of TikTok argue that the platform poses a threat to national security due to the possibility of the Chinese government accessing user data.

TikTok has denied the accusations, stating that it has never shared user data with the Chinese government. EFE

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