President Trump Monday said that any sale of TikTok assets would include some payment to the US, and demanded that it either be sold to an American firm soon or shut down.
The closure after 35 years in the southwestern Chinese city comes two days after the US govt forced their Chinese counterparts out of their mission in Houston.
FBI currently has about 2,000 active cases related to Chinese counterintelligence operations in US. Officials say the Houston consulate represents just the 'tip of the iceberg'.
The US Wednesday ordered the closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston, a move it said was aimed to protect American intellectual property and private information.
Passed unanimously, the amendment says China's expansion and aggression in and around disputed territories, such as LAC and South China Sea, is of significant concern.
The app has become a political pawn in the fight between US & China with Trump and Pompeo saying a Tiktok ban could be a form of retaliation over Beijing’s handling of Covid.
While the two nations are sparring on everything from Covid-19 to Hong Kong, the sea remains the most likely spot to have their warships and fighter jets actually collide.
US-China relations worsened after China imposed a national security law on Hong Kong, prompting the US to revoke trade privileges & threaten sanctions against Chinese officials.
The list of companies, which includes Huawei, is mandated under the Defense Authorization Act, 1999. No US govt, though, has ever put out the required report.
Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.
Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
The Chinese have some of the most one sided IP laws for foreign companies… The list of Chinese brand/trademark and IP violations is a never ending one. I love that the Chinese are getting a taste of their own medicine.
Wait by you guys (Chinese) have already stolen all of this from all over the world. So it’s a double theft, a just act!
The Chinese have some of the most one sided IP laws for foreign companies… The list of Chinese brand/trademark and IP violations is a never ending one. I love that the Chinese are getting a taste of their own medicine.
Anything which hurts China, is worth promoting.