China would prefer TikTok shut down in US instead of sold to domestic company

The Chinese government opposes a sale of TikTok's U.S. operations and would rather see the video app shut down in the U.S., according to a new report.

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In August, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would ban TikTok in the U.S. unless parent company ByteDance sold its operations in the country were sold to a domestic firm. Despite TikTok being in talks with firms like Microsoft, any deal must be decided by the Sept. 20 deadline.

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