久久亚洲国产成人影院-久久亚洲国产的中文-久久亚洲国产高清-久久亚洲国产精品-亚洲图片偷拍自拍-亚洲图色视频

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
Opinion
Home / Opinion / Editorials

TikTok victim of larcenous cronyism: China Daily editorial

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-09-24 21:02
Share
Share - WeChat
The TikTok logo is pictured outside the company's US head office in Culver City, California, US, Sept 15, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

The deal that the Chinese company ByteDance reached with the US companies Oracle and Walmart, which would see the setting up of a new US-based company, TikTok Global, to run the company's short video sharing app in the United States, was meant to avert the app being banned in the US.

Yet it seems ByteDance has underestimated the avariciousness of the White House and its readiness to engage in crony capitalism.

On Monday, the US president told Fox News that he would block any deal that allows TikTok's Chinese parent company to retain any control. Beijing-based ByteDance "will have nothing to do with it, and if they do, then we just won't make the deal," he said. "It's (TikTok Global) going to be controlled, totally controlled by Oracle."

The situation in which TikTok finds itself is entirely due to the banditry of the White House.

Although it was being touted that the deal would address any security concerns by enabling Oracle to help run TikTok's US operations as a trusted guardian of US users' data, that was not enough to satisfy the White House. It was then revealed that four of the five board members of the new company would be Americans, Oracle would have access to the source code, and ByteDance would have to transfer all its global business outside China to the US-based company.

But even that is not enough. The US president has now made it clear that the new company is to "have nothing to do with China".

ByteDance has become the victim of a shakedown in which its prized possession is being seized and exchanged for favors done and to come. Oracle's founder Larry Ellison is a major fundraiser for the US president and the US tech giants will be only too happy to maintain their concentrated market power, even though the means by which any rivals are being taken out of the competition is against market norms.

No matter what the outcome, the US move reveals how ready Washington is to use national security as a tool to score geopolitical points in its rivalry against China since it has become evident that all the fanfare around TikTok as well as other Chinese apps originates from the attacks initiated by the US administration against Chinese high-tech companies in its efforts to ensure the US retains the commanding heights in the information era.

The art of deals helps only when it can ensure that any deal reached is fair and mutually beneficial. Any deal ByteDance makes has to be approved by Beijing to go ahead, and Beijing is unlikely to condone the White House's strong-arm acquisition. After all, no deal is better than a deal made under duress.

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 九九在线精品视频xxx | 欧美亚洲日本一区二区三区浪人 | 亚洲高清免费观看 | 日韩欧一级毛片在线播无遮挡 | 国产一级片免费观看 | 美毛片| 国产成人无精品久久久久国语 | 国产午夜人做人视频羞羞 | 成人在线观看一区 | 日韩精品一区二区三区高清 | 久久er热这里只有精品23 | 国产一级特黄a大片99 | 亚洲国产另类久久久精品小说 | 久久久久久久99精品免费 | 国产精品秦先生手机在线 | 免费午夜扒丝袜www在线看 | 三级理论手机在线观看视频 | 亚洲精品久久久久综合中文字幕 | 美女黄色在线网站大全 | 久久久久久久国产高清 | 欧美国产日韩在线播放 | 日韩在线视频线视频免费网站 | 久久riav.com | 日韩美一区二区三区 | 美女张开腿让男人捅的视频 | 男人的天堂官网 | 国产欧美日韩亚洲 | 青青操网站 | 亚洲欧洲日产国码二区首页 | 成人影院欧美大片免费看 | 精品欧美高清一区二区免费 | 国产精品一区二区国产 | 免费五级在线观看日本片 | 成人国产三级在线播放 | 欧美人成一本免费观看视频 | 国产亚洲精品午夜一区 | aaa一级毛片| 免费观看一级一片 | 毛片免费的 | 日韩 国产 在线 | 国产成人免费影片在线观看 |