Beijing opposes a forced sale of TikTok`s U.S. operations by its Chinese owner ByteDance, and would prefer to see the short video app shut down in the United States, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday.

China would rather see TikTok US close than a forced sale, sources say

Chinese tech giant ByteDance is considering listing its domestic business in Hong Kong or Shanghai, against a backdrop of rising Sino-US tensions over its hit non-China video app TikTok.

TikTok owner ByteDance ditches US, considers listing China business in Hong Kong

Some K-pop stars` accounts have been blocked from view on TikTok's China version Douyin, Reuters' checks showed on Friday, days after South Korea's media regulator slapped fines on the short-video app for data privacy noncompliance.

Some K-Pop stars' TikTok accounts blocked from viewing in China