I hear people saying that China would block ByteDance's divestment of TikTok or forbid the export of the TikTok algorithm. Is there any basis in Chinese law for these claims?
Hi Don! Very interesting analysis. I wonder, if, as you say, “the TikTok entities are entirely unconnected as a formal matter to Chinese-incorporated entities,” then is Congress all hot and bothered by an ill-informed illusion of some connection between TikTok Inc. and the PRC/CCP?
Or, if TikTok CI moved its HQ out of Shanghai, and put its offices in Culver City, for example, would Congress have no basis for its proposed law?
Hi Don! Very interesting analysis. I wonder, if, as you say, “the TikTok entities are entirely unconnected as a formal matter to Chinese-incorporated entities,” then is Congress all hot and bothered by an ill-informed illusion of some connection between TikTok Inc. and the PRC/CCP?
Or, if TikTok CI moved its HQ out of Shanghai, and put its offices in Culver City, for example, would Congress have no basis for its proposed law?
William J. Kelleher, Ph.D.
The Political Science Interpretivist
https://interpretat.blogspot.com/
Very insightful and helpful piece - thanks Don