The Biden administration on Wednesday ordered a security review of <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/it-shows-paranoid-delusion-of-egoism-says-china-on-us-innovation-bill-390379">Chinese</a> apps WeChat and TikTok and dropped the executive orders passed by former President Trump that sought to ban those apps.

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The White House informed President <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/biden-administration-moves-to-unkink-supply-chain-bottlenecks-390215">Biden's</a> latest move which revoked Trump's WeChat and TikTok executive orders. The order also includes eight other&nbsp;communications and financial technology software applications, the White House informed.

Former President Trump had blocked WeChat and TikTok from appearing in US app stores, however, the US court had blocked Trump's order. The Commerce secretary has been directed by the US president to look into apps that pose a threat to US national security.

The US Commerce Department is expected to come out with a report to protect the collection of US data and sensitive material.

The White House said the government has directed a "criteria-based decision framework and rigorous, evidence-based analysis to address the risks posed by ICTS transactions involving software applications designed and developed by foreign adversary, including <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/chinese-students-hold-principal-hostage-for-30-hours-during-protests-390397">China</a>."

"Biden administration is committed to promoting an open, interoperable, reliable and secure Internet while protecting human rights online and offline," the White House added.

"Certain countries, including the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/us-says-to-work-with-allies-to-help-pacific-islands-amid-china-rivalry-390306">People’s Republic of China</a> (PRC) do not share these values and seek to leverage digital technologies and Americans’ data in ways that present unacceptable national security risks while advancing authoritarian controls and interests," it added. &nbsp;

Ex-President Trump had specifically targeted the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/china-has-ability-to-try-to-disturb-rules-based-order-that-us-allies-defend-blinken-390264">Chinese </a>apps including ByteDance and Tencent citing threat to US security.&nbsp;

The move comes as the US Senate on Wednesday passed the innovation bill with bipartisan support with an eye on China.

The bill aimed to strengthen US technology amid growing threat from China even as the Chinese parliament expressed "strong indignation" over the bill which has now gone to the US House of Representatives for approval.

(With inputs from Agencies)

The Biden administration on Wednesday ordered a security review of Chinese apps WeChat and TikTok and dropped the executive orders passed by former President Trump that sought to ban those apps.

The Biden administration on Wednesday ordered a security review of Chinese apps WeChat and TikTok and dropped the executive orders passed by former President Trump that sought to ban those apps. Watch: The White House informed President Biden's latest move which revoked Trump's WeChat and TikTok executive orders. The order also includes eight other communications and financial technology software applications, the White House informed. Former President Trump had blocked WeChat and TikTok from appearing in US app stores, however, the US court had blocked Trump's order. The Commerce secretary has been directed by the US president to look into apps that pose a threat to US national security. The US Commerce Department is expected to come out with a report to protect the collection of US data and sensitive material. The White House said the government has directed a "criteria-based decision framework and rigorous, evidence-based analysis to address the risks posed by ICTS transactions involving software applications designed and developed by foreign adversary, including China." "Biden administration is committed to promoting an open, interoperable, reliable and secure Internet while protecting human rights online and offline," the White House added. "Certain countries, including the People’s Republic of China (PRC) do not share these values and seek to leverage digital technologies and Americans’ data in ways that present unacceptable national security risks while advancing authoritarian controls and interests," it added. Ex-President Trump had specifically targeted the Chinese apps including ByteDance and Tencent citing threat to US security. The move comes as the US Senate on Wednesday passed the innovation bill with bipartisan support with an eye on China. The bill aimed to strengthen US technology amid growing threat from China even as the Chinese parliament expressed "strong indignation" over the bill which has now gone to the US House of Representatives for approval. (With inputs from Agencies)

Biden revokes Trump's ban on Chinese apps TikTok, WeChat; orders 'criteria-based decision'

NEW YORK —&nbsp;When Sin Yee Tsui immigrated to New York in 1982 to work as a seamstress, it took so long for her to receive letters from China that she did not learn of her father’s death until after his funeral.

Everything changed after WeChat, the Chinese messaging app, was released in 2011. She now wakes up every morning to greetings from relatives, in both her old homeland and her new one, a source of cheer during her retirement in Manhattan.

“WeChat has made my life in America much happier,” she said. “When I am feeling sad or troubled by anything, I no longer have to keep it all to myself.”

But if WeChat — and its billion users worldwide — have created a sense of community and belonging for immigrants like Tsui, the app has also exposed her to a cascade of information, disinformation and Chinese government propaganda on subjects as varied as the pandemic, Black Lives Matter and the democracy movement in Hong Kong.

Even neighborhood news can be distorted: In August, a false post that said a beloved Chinatown bakery was closing caused a crowd to descend on the storefront. Tsui’s son, Justin Tsui, 37, even walked to the Manhattan bakery to prove to her that the post was wrong.

This powerful combination — the comfort and convenience of connections around the world, the isolation and distortion of an echo chamber — is common to many social media platforms. But WeChat is unique on the American digital landscape in that it has quietly and profoundly reshaped the immigrant experience for one of the nation’s fastest growing ethnic populations, the estimated 5 million people of Chinese descent living in America.

It has also drawn the ire of President Donald Trump, who is trying to prohibit it.

On Friday, the legal fight over WeChat’s future in the United States intensified when the Trump administration appealed a federal judge’s ruling that had halted the federal government’s ban on the app.

The administration has argued that WeChat endangers national security by collecting data from American users that could be retrieved by China’s Communist government. The federal judge in San Francisco issued a temporary injunction last month preventing the ban from taking effect, citing free speech concerns after lawyers compared it to an attempt to shut down a newspaper or television station.

The prospect of a ban, though, has rippled through Chinese-speaking communities across the country, with many like Justin Tsui and his mother expressing alarm, if also acknowledging some ambivalence.

“Even if our parents believe a little bit of this garbage on WeChat, they are still connected to their relatives, people they may never be able to see again,” he said.

With 19 million regular users in the United States, the app is a vital bridge to China, where almost everyone uses it and the authorities block its global competitors, including Facebook. WeChat has facilitated trade and commerce, while making it far easier for Chinese immigrants in America — students, tech workers and others — to maintain ties to friends and family.

But critics say the app has also created a Chinese-language information silo that has given Beijing’s propagandists and censors a foothold in the United States. Because WeChat is owned by Chinese internet giant Tencent, keeping it under the watchful eye of the Chinese government, posts that criticize China’s leader, Xi Jinping, or mention sensitive topics like human rights can be quickly removed, even if the authors are in the United States.

The situation is of particular concern to officials who are suspicious of China’s efforts to meddle in U.S. elections, because WeChat has already helped inspire activism among a population that has long felt ignored by American politicians.

Still, for Americans to communicate with people in mainland China, there are few alternatives. WeChat is an all-in-one tool that allows users to text, share photos and videos, read news, make payments and even send virtual red envelopes of cash, a Chinese New Year tradition.

WeChat helped raise awareness about the coronavirus when it first spread in China, prompting some Chinese people in America to begin avoiding indoor dining as early as January. In New York City, Asian Americans have had the lowest virus infection rates of any racial group, the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said.

During the initial surge of cases in New York, Chinese Americans quickly mobilized on WeChat to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars and ship medical supplies from China to doctors in America at a time of dire shortages.

WeChat was also filled with fearmongering rumors, including messages claiming cashiers at certain grocery stores in New York had the virus.

David Wang, 50, a UPS supervisor living in Queens, is active in WeChat groups to discuss Bible passages with his friends from church, most of whom are native Chinese speakers. The online communities, which are akin to Facebook groups, form around common interests or backgrounds.

Earlier this year, one of those friends sent Wang a video on WeChat, which showed bodies floating in water with Chinese captions that falsely claimed Americans were feeling so hopeless during the pandemic that they were committing mass suicide.

“We were like, where did you get this thing?” said Wang, who immigrated to the United States from Taiwan in 1983. “It’s so absurd. We told her not to believe a lot of these things. It’s bad, but it’s not this crazy bad.”

He has also regularly clicked on articles sent by friends, only to find the links disabled by WeChat’s censors — including articles about dissidents like imprisoned Christian pastor Wang Yi.

Often, the rumors on WeChat are more trivial but still can lead to real-world consequences.

In August, a WeChat post falsely claimed that Taipan Bakery, a popular Chinese bakery in Manhattan and Queens, was about to close. Older customers rushed to the stores to cash in their gift cards, waiting for hours on narrow sidewalks in the heat.

The chaos overwhelmed the bakery’s cooks, who worked late into the night to prepare more pastries. Since the gift cards were prepaid, the purchases were not generating much extra profit for the business.

An employee stood in line to reassure customers, and the stores put up paper signs in Chinese dispelling the rumor. But some customers insisted on using their gift cards immediately, according to a family member of the bakery’s owner. The family still does not know how the rumor started.

WeChat is a vital tool for political activism by Chinese immigrants, whose political engagement and voter turnout have traditionally been low amid a lack of outreach by both major parties.

The narratives that gain the most traction on WeChat often pit Chinese Americans against other minority groups and portray Chinese people as victims of bullying and discrimination.

In 2016, WeChat groups mobilized tens of thousands of Chinese people across the United States to protest in the streets — some for the very first time — the manslaughter conviction of Peter Liang, a Chinese American New York City police officer, in the killing of Akai Gurley, a Black man.

WeChat has played a significant role in organizing campaigns that accuse high school and college admissions of discriminating against Asian American applicants, including a closely watched lawsuit against Harvard University.

Right-leaning WeChat groups had a wider reach than left-leaning ones, according to a 2017 study. Many WeChat users have questioned why Trump would ban a platform that is used by so many of his supporters.

Viral efforts on WeChat have also focused on elevating Chinese people regardless of political party. Last year, many groups rallied behind Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, the child of Taiwanese immigrants.

Phil Wong, 54, a parent and civil rights organizer in Queens, said WeChat groups helped him to galvanize thousands of Chinese parents to protest a 2018 proposal by New York City officials to eliminate the entrance exam for admission to the city’s top public high schools.

They believed the change would hurt their children’s chances of getting into the schools, whose makeup is disproportionately Asian.

After the uproar from Chinese and other Asian parents, the proposal failed.

Even though WeChat has invigorated political protests by Chinese Americans, Wong said he was often appalled by the anti-American propaganda on the app, including videos from the protests after George Floyd’s killing in May that were repackaged to amplify footage of looting and arson to promote a narrative that American democracy was evil.

“It gets me so mad,” Wong said. “This is not happening to every street in every city.”

In June, WeChat was set aflame by a viral open letter written by a Chinese American student at Yale University, who said the Chinese community suffered from “rampant anti-Blackness.”

Amelia Wang, 17, a Shanghai native who moved to the United States in 2017, discussed the letter with her mother, who responded by sharing a different WeChat article by a Chinese parent. The article accused Chinese American children of being “brainwashed” by the American education system.

Still, Wang and others said WeChat offered more nuanced articles about China, providing a fuller picture than Western news outlets, which they said often portrayed China as a monolithic threat.

“I don’t think there should be an expectation that if you’re in America, you shouldn’t be consuming news from back home,” said Tianyu Fang, a Beijing native who is a freshman at Stanford University. “That is cruel and condescending.”

Xing Lu, a professor emeritus in the College of Communication at DePaul University in Chicago, immigrated to the United States in 1987 from China. Early on, she often felt embarrassed at work when she was unable to understand why her American colleagues would laugh at certain jokes.

WeChat, she said, eased her sense of isolation. It became a virtual home where she and other Chinese immigrants could plan parties and share stories about their children.

She has fought in WeChat groups with friends and former classmates about their views of Xi and Trump. Eventually, she said, like-minded friends would form new subgroups to discuss politics, which silenced the fighting in the main group.

“We are trying to acculturate into American society, and WeChat provides this bridge for us to empower one another,” Lu said. “I know the U.S. government has its own reasons to remove WeChat, but it’s still a loss for the Chinese community.”

NEW YORK — When Sin Yee Tsui immigrated to New York in 1982 to work as a seamstress, it took so long for her to receive letters from China that she did not learn of her father’s death until after his funeral.

NEW YORK — When Sin Yee Tsui immigrated to New York in 1982 to work as a seamstress, it took so long for her to receive letters from China that she did not learn of her father’s death until after his funeral. Everything changed after WeChat, the Chinese messaging app, was released in 2011. She now wakes up every morning to greetings from relatives, in both her old homeland and her new one, a source of cheer during her retirement in Manhattan. “WeChat has made my life in America much happier,” she said. “When I am feeling sad or troubled by anything, I no longer have to keep it all to myself.” But if WeChat — and its billion users worldwide — have created a sense of community and belonging for immigrants like Tsui, the app has also exposed her to a cascade of information, disinformation and Chinese government propaganda on subjects as varied as the pandemic, Black Lives Matter and the democracy movement in Hong Kong. Even neighborhood news can be distorted: In August, a false post that said a beloved Chinatown bakery was closing caused a crowd to descend on the storefront. Tsui’s son, Justin Tsui, 37, even walked to the Manhattan bakery to prove to her that the post was wrong. This powerful combination — the comfort and convenience of connections around the world, the isolation and distortion of an echo chamber — is common to many social media platforms. But WeChat is unique on the American digital landscape in that it has quietly and profoundly reshaped the immigrant experience for one of the nation’s fastest growing ethnic populations, the estimated 5 million people of Chinese descent living in America. It has also drawn the ire of President Donald Trump, who is trying to prohibit it. On Friday, the legal fight over WeChat’s future in the United States intensified when the Trump administration appealed a federal judge’s ruling that had halted the federal government’s ban on the app. The administration has argued that WeChat endangers national security by collecting data from American users that could be retrieved by China’s Communist government. The federal judge in San Francisco issued a temporary injunction last month preventing the ban from taking effect, citing free speech concerns after lawyers compared it to an attempt to shut down a newspaper or television station. The prospect of a ban, though, has rippled through Chinese-speaking communities across the country, with many like Justin Tsui and his mother expressing alarm, if also acknowledging some ambivalence. “Even if our parents believe a little bit of this garbage on WeChat, they are still connected to their relatives, people they may never be able to see again,” he said. With 19 million regular users in the United States, the app is a vital bridge to China, where almost everyone uses it and the authorities block its global competitors, including Facebook. WeChat has facilitated trade and commerce, while making it far easier for Chinese immigrants in America — students, tech workers and others — to maintain ties to friends and family. But critics say the app has also created a Chinese-language information silo that has given Beijing’s propagandists and censors a foothold in the United States. Because WeChat is owned by Chinese internet giant Tencent, keeping it under the watchful eye of the Chinese government, posts that criticize China’s leader, Xi Jinping, or mention sensitive topics like human rights can be quickly removed, even if the authors are in the United States. The situation is of particular concern to officials who are suspicious of China’s efforts to meddle in U.S. elections, because WeChat has already helped inspire activism among a population that has long felt ignored by American politicians. Still, for Americans to communicate with people in mainland China, there are few alternatives. WeChat is an all-in-one tool that allows users to text, share photos and videos, read news, make payments and even send virtual red envelopes of cash, a Chinese New Year tradition. WeChat helped raise awareness about the coronavirus when it first spread in China, prompting some Chinese people in America to begin avoiding indoor dining as early as January. In New York City, Asian Americans have had the lowest virus infection rates of any racial group, the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said. During the initial surge of cases in New York, Chinese Americans quickly mobilized on WeChat to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars and ship medical supplies from China to doctors in America at a time of dire shortages. WeChat was also filled with fearmongering rumors, including messages claiming cashiers at certain grocery stores in New York had the virus. David Wang, 50, a UPS supervisor living in Queens, is active in WeChat groups to discuss Bible passages with his friends from church, most of whom are native Chinese speakers. The online communities, which are akin to Facebook groups, form around common interests or backgrounds. Earlier this year, one of those friends sent Wang a video on WeChat, which showed bodies floating in water with Chinese captions that falsely claimed Americans were feeling so hopeless during the pandemic that they were committing mass suicide. “We were like, where did you get this thing?” said Wang, who immigrated to the United States from Taiwan in 1983. “It’s so absurd. We told her not to believe a lot of these things. It’s bad, but it’s not this crazy bad.” He has also regularly clicked on articles sent by friends, only to find the links disabled by WeChat’s censors — including articles about dissidents like imprisoned Christian pastor Wang Yi. Often, the rumors on WeChat are more trivial but still can lead to real-world consequences. In August, a WeChat post falsely claimed that Taipan Bakery, a popular Chinese bakery in Manhattan and Queens, was about to close. Older customers rushed to the stores to cash in their gift cards, waiting for hours on narrow sidewalks in the heat. The chaos overwhelmed the bakery’s cooks, who worked late into the night to prepare more pastries. Since the gift cards were prepaid, the purchases were not generating much extra profit for the business. An employee stood in line to reassure customers, and the stores put up paper signs in Chinese dispelling the rumor. But some customers insisted on using their gift cards immediately, according to a family member of the bakery’s owner. The family still does not know how the rumor started. WeChat is a vital tool for political activism by Chinese immigrants, whose political engagement and voter turnout have traditionally been low amid a lack of outreach by both major parties. The narratives that gain the most traction on WeChat often pit Chinese Americans against other minority groups and portray Chinese people as victims of bullying and discrimination. In 2016, WeChat groups mobilized tens of thousands of Chinese people across the United States to protest in the streets — some for the very first time — the manslaughter conviction of Peter Liang, a Chinese American New York City police officer, in the killing of Akai Gurley, a Black man. WeChat has played a significant role in organizing campaigns that accuse high school and college admissions of discriminating against Asian American applicants, including a closely watched lawsuit against Harvard University. Right-leaning WeChat groups had a wider reach than left-leaning ones, according to a 2017 study. Many WeChat users have questioned why Trump would ban a platform that is used by so many of his supporters. Viral efforts on WeChat have also focused on elevating Chinese people regardless of political party. Last year, many groups rallied behind Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, the child of Taiwanese immigrants. Phil Wong, 54, a parent and civil rights organizer in Queens, said WeChat groups helped him to galvanize thousands of Chinese parents to protest a 2018 proposal by New York City officials to eliminate the entrance exam for admission to the city’s top public high schools. They believed the change would hurt their children’s chances of getting into the schools, whose makeup is disproportionately Asian. After the uproar from Chinese and other Asian parents, the proposal failed. Even though WeChat has invigorated political protests by Chinese Americans, Wong said he was often appalled by the anti-American propaganda on the app, including videos from the protests after George Floyd’s killing in May that were repackaged to amplify footage of looting and arson to promote a narrative that American democracy was evil. “It gets me so mad,” Wong said. “This is not happening to every street in every city.” In June, WeChat was set aflame by a viral open letter written by a Chinese American student at Yale University, who said the Chinese community suffered from “rampant anti-Blackness.” Amelia Wang, 17, a Shanghai native who moved to the United States in 2017, discussed the letter with her mother, who responded by sharing a different WeChat article by a Chinese parent. The article accused Chinese American children of being “brainwashed” by the American education system. Still, Wang and others said WeChat offered more nuanced articles about China, providing a fuller picture than Western news outlets, which they said often portrayed China as a monolithic threat. “I don’t think there should be an expectation that if you’re in America, you shouldn’t be consuming news from back home,” said Tianyu Fang, a Beijing native who is a freshman at Stanford University. “That is cruel and condescending.” Xing Lu, a professor emeritus in the College of Communication at DePaul University in Chicago, immigrated to the United States in 1987 from China. Early on, she often felt embarrassed at work when she was unable to understand why her American colleagues would laugh at certain jokes. WeChat, she said, eased her sense of isolation. It became a virtual home where she and other Chinese immigrants could plan parties and share stories about their children. She has fought in WeChat groups with friends and former classmates about their views of Xi and Trump. Eventually, she said, like-minded friends would form new subgroups to discuss politics, which silenced the fighting in the main group. “We are trying to acculturate into American society, and WeChat provides this bridge for us to empower one another,” Lu said. “I know the U.S. government has its own reasons to remove WeChat, but it’s still a loss for the Chinese community.”

WeChat, wild rumours and all, is their lifeline. Washington may end that

The TikTok debacle seems to be coming to an end as the Chinese company has proposed for Oracle to be its US technology provider and Walmart as a commercial partner.

This decision has been taken after weeks of closed-door meetings, proposals and legal wars after the US President&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;ordered a ban on the Chinese app <a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/tiktok">TikTok</a>&nbsp;citing national security concerns.

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/china-asks-us-to-stop-bullying-after-trump-bans-tiktok-and-wechat-threatens-retaliation-328547">Also read:&nbsp;China asks US to stop 'bullying' after Trump bans TikTok and WeChat; threatens retaliation</a>

"We are pleased that the proposal by TikTok, Oracle, and Walmart will resolve the security concerns of the US Administration and settle questions around TikTok's future in the US," a spokeswoman for TikTok said.

The deal has been proposed to the Trump administration but has not received an official yes yet. However, Trump had earlier, while talking to reporters, hailed this deal as "fantastic".

"I have given the deal my blessing," Trump said. "I approve the deal in concept."

As per the new deal, ByteDance will be setting up a new portion called TikTok Global in which the US shareholders are expected to control 53 per cent of the shares, and the Chinese investors will hold 36 per cent. While it is not yet finalised which company will be the majority share holder, Oracle is rumoured to hold 12.5 per cent of the TikTok Global shares.

Trump has claimed that the new company will be based in Texas and hire nearly 25,000 people. He has also reportedly claimed that the new company will be contributing nearly $5 billion to a fund dedicated to education for Americans.

"Well, we have a deal worked out I think with Wal-Mart is going to buy it, along with Oracle, Larry Ellison. It's going to be an incredible combination and I said, you know, do me a favour, could you put up 5 billion dollars into a fund for education so we can educate people as to real history of our country? The real history. Not the fake history. Because we're getting very close to that deal and all of the technology will be maintained here. They're going to move probably to the great state of Texas. Sorry, we've got you (North Carolina) a lot of business, but we couldn't...but they're going to move into the United States, which is what's important, move it to the United States. Unbelievable company. They're going to have 25,000 jobs if it all goes. I gave them the preliminary approval," he told local reporters.

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/trump-not-happy-with-oracle-having-minority-shares-in-tiktok-328040">Also Read:&nbsp;Trump not happy with Oracle having minority shares in TikTok</a>

The unofficial agreement has come after weeks of declining all other deal that the Chinese parent company ByteDance proposed.

The US Treasure has said, "Oracle will be responsible for key technology and security responsibilities to protect all U.S. user data. Approval of the transaction is subject to a closing with Oracle and Walmart and necessary documentation and conditions to be approved by" the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.

Considering the new deal, the US Commerce Department has extended the deadline of the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/us-to-ban-tiktok-and-wechat-downloads-from-september-20-328428">US ban</a> of the popular short-video sharing app.&nbsp;

However,&nbsp;the deal still has to go through the official nods by China and the US.

The TikTok debacle seems to be coming to an end as the Chinese company has proposed for Oracle to be its US technology provider and Walmart as a commercial partner.

The TikTok debacle seems to be coming to an end as the Chinese company has proposed for Oracle to be its US technology provider and Walmart as a commercial partner. This decision has been taken after weeks of closed-door meetings, proposals and legal wars after the US President Donald Trump ordered a ban on the Chinese app TikTok citing national security concerns. Also read: China asks US to stop 'bullying' after Trump bans TikTok and WeChat; threatens retaliation "We are pleased that the proposal by TikTok, Oracle, and Walmart will resolve the security concerns of the US Administration and settle questions around TikTok's future in the US," a spokeswoman for TikTok said. The deal has been proposed to the Trump administration but has not received an official yes yet. However, Trump had earlier, while talking to reporters, hailed this deal as "fantastic". "I have given the deal my blessing," Trump said. "I approve the deal in concept." As per the new deal, ByteDance will be setting up a new portion called TikTok Global in which the US shareholders are expected to control 53 per cent of the shares, and the Chinese investors will hold 36 per cent. While it is not yet finalised which company will be the majority share holder, Oracle is rumoured to hold 12.5 per cent of the TikTok Global shares. Trump has claimed that the new company will be based in Texas and hire nearly 25,000 people. He has also reportedly claimed that the new company will be contributing nearly $5 billion to a fund dedicated to education for Americans. "Well, we have a deal worked out I think with Wal-Mart is going to buy it, along with Oracle, Larry Ellison. It's going to be an incredible combination and I said, you know, do me a favour, could you put up 5 billion dollars into a fund for education so we can educate people as to real history of our country? The real history. Not the fake history. Because we're getting very close to that deal and all of the technology will be maintained here. They're going to move probably to the great state of Texas. Sorry, we've got you (North Carolina) a lot of business, but we couldn't...but they're going to move into the United States, which is what's important, move it to the United States. Unbelievable company. They're going to have 25,000 jobs if it all goes. I gave them the preliminary approval," he told local reporters. Also Read: Trump not happy with Oracle having minority shares in TikTok The unofficial agreement has come after weeks of declining all other deal that the Chinese parent company ByteDance proposed. The US Treasure has said, "Oracle will be responsible for key technology and security responsibilities to protect all U.S. user data. Approval of the transaction is subject to a closing with Oracle and Walmart and necessary documentation and conditions to be approved by" the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. Considering the new deal, the US Commerce Department has extended the deadline of the US ban of the popular short-video sharing app. However, the deal still has to go through the official nods by China and the US.

TikTok proposes new deal with Oracle and Walmart; Trump gives his blessings

China said Saturday it had officially implemented a mechanism enabling it to restrict foreign entities, a much-anticipated move seen as retaliation to US penalties against Chinese companies such as telecom giant Huawei.

An announcement by the Ministry of Commerce did not mention any specific foreign entities, but broadly spelled out the factors that could trigger punitive measures, which may include fines, restriction of business activities and investment in China, and the entry of personnel or equipment into the country.

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/china-asks-us-to-stop-bullying-after-trump-bans-tiktok-and-wechat-threatens-retaliation-328547">Also read:&nbsp;China asks US to stop 'bullying' after Trump bans TikTok and WeChat; threatens retaliation</a>

The launch of China's "unreliable entities list" ups the ante in the escalating commercial fight with the Trump administration, which has used its own "entity list" to bar Huawei from the US market on national security grounds.

The announcement also came a day after the United States ordered a ban on downloads of popular video app <a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/tiktok">TikTok</a> and effectively <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/us-to-ban-tiktok-and-wechat-downloads-from-september-20-328428">blocked the use</a> of the Chinese super-app WeChat on similar grounds, which prompted a threat by China to strike back.

China would consider sanctions on entities whose activities "harm China's national sovereignty, security, and development interests" or violate "internationally accepted economic and trade rules".

That language closely tracks wording that Beijing has used to repeatedly denounce US actions against Chinese companies.

China said Saturday it had officially implemented a mechanism enabling it to restrict foreign entities, a much-anticipated move seen as retaliation to US penalties against Chinese companies such as telecom giant Huawei.

China said Saturday it had officially implemented a mechanism enabling it to restrict foreign entities, a much-anticipated move seen as retaliation to US penalties against Chinese companies such as telecom giant Huawei. An announcement by the Ministry of Commerce did not mention any specific foreign entities, but broadly spelled out the factors that could trigger punitive measures, which may include fines, restriction of business activities and investment in China, and the entry of personnel or equipment into the country. Also read: China asks US to stop 'bullying' after Trump bans TikTok and WeChat; threatens retaliation The launch of China's "unreliable entities list" ups the ante in the escalating commercial fight with the Trump administration, which has used its own "entity list" to bar Huawei from the US market on national security grounds. The announcement also came a day after the United States ordered a ban on downloads of popular video app TikTok and effectively blocked the use of the Chinese super-app WeChat on similar grounds, which prompted a threat by China to strike back. China would consider sanctions on entities whose activities "harm China's national sovereignty, security, and development interests" or violate "internationally accepted economic and trade rules". That language closely tracks wording that Beijing has used to repeatedly denounce US actions against Chinese companies.

China launches counter-mechanism to US sanctions list

After weeks of planning a way out, TikTok is coming close to a deadline. While TikTok is still trying to work out a deal with American companies that satisfies&nbsp;the US President <a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>, he has ordered a ban of the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat from&nbsp;Sunday citing national security concerns.&nbsp;

However, China accused the Trump administration of&nbsp;"bullying" and has threatened&nbsp;countermeasures against the decisions taken by Trump in the last few weeks against the Chinese companies.

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"China urges the US to abandon bullying, cease (its) wrongful actions and earnestly maintain fair and transparent international rules and order," a statement by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said.

"If the US insists on going its own way, China will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies," the statement continued.

As per the orders, all US locals will be unable to download any updates of <a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/tiktok">TikTok</a> from Sunday and WeChat app would lose functionality in the country.

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Both the apps are facing the harsh treatment from Trump due to the worsening diplomatic ties between the US and China.&nbsp;

TikTok is owned by Chinese company ByteDance and WeChat belongs to Tencent — another Chinese companies. The Trump administration has accused the two companies of sharing their data with the Chinese government, and has decided to ban the apps citing national security concerns.

ByteDance, meanwhile, is trying to make a deal with Oracle for the US operations of TikTok, according to which the Chinese company&nbsp;would&nbsp;retaining majority shares.

After weeks of planning a way out, TikTok is coming close to a deadline. While TikTok is still trying to work out a deal with American companies that satisfies the US President Donald Trump, he has ordered a ban of the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat from Sunday citing national security concerns.

After weeks of planning a way out, TikTok is coming close to a deadline. While TikTok is still trying to work out a deal with American companies that satisfies the US President Donald Trump, he has ordered a ban of the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat from Sunday citing national security concerns. However, China accused the Trump administration of "bullying" and has threatened countermeasures against the decisions taken by Trump in the last few weeks against the Chinese companies. Also read: US to ban TikTok and WeChat downloads from September 20 "China urges the US to abandon bullying, cease (its) wrongful actions and earnestly maintain fair and transparent international rules and order," a statement by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said. "If the US insists on going its own way, China will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies," the statement continued. As per the orders, all US locals will be unable to download any updates of TikTok from Sunday and WeChat app would lose functionality in the country. Also Read: Trump not happy with Oracle having minority shares in TikTok Both the apps are facing the harsh treatment from Trump due to the worsening diplomatic ties between the US and China. TikTok is owned by Chinese company ByteDance and WeChat belongs to Tencent — another Chinese companies. The Trump administration has accused the two companies of sharing their data with the Chinese government, and has decided to ban the apps citing national security concerns. ByteDance, meanwhile, is trying to make a deal with Oracle for the US operations of TikTok, according to which the Chinese company would retaining majority shares.

China asks US to stop 'bullying' after Trump bans TikTok and WeChat; threatens retaliation

The Trump administration has ordered a&nbsp;ban on <a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/tiktok">China's TikTok </a>and WeChat operations from Sunday citing national security concerns.

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"The Chinese Communist Party has demonstrated the means and motives to use these apps to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and the economy of the US," Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement.

The US plan&nbsp;involves barring citizens from downloading the Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok from&nbsp;September 20.

“At the President’s direction, we have taken significant action to combat China’s malicious collection of American citizens’ personal data, while promoting our national values, democratic rules-based norms, and aggressive enforcement of US&nbsp;laws and regulations,” Commerce department statement added.

Meanwhile, TikTok slammed the US move, saying: "We disagree with the decision from the Commerce Department," while adding that it was "disappointed" with the ban.&nbsp;

TikTok's parent company ByteDance has been in talks with Oracle and others to create a new company aiming to address the US administration's national security concerns.&nbsp;

US President Donald Trump had said earlier that he is "not prepared to sign off on anything", asserting,"it has to be 100 per cent as far as national security is concerned."

Microsoft had earlier expressed interest in buying TikTok's international operations, but Oracle has become the frontrunner for a deal with TikTok. However, &nbsp;media outlets said ByteDance would keep a majority stake in the company and Oracle a minority stake.

Trump hit back on that saying: "We don't like that. Conceptually, I can tell you I don't like that."

The Trump administration has ordered a ban on China's TikTok and WeChat operations from Sunday citing national security concerns. Also Read: Trump not happy with Oracle having minority shares in TikTok "The Chinese Communist Party has demonstrated the means and motives to use these apps to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and the economy of the US," Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement.

The Trump administration has ordered a ban on China's TikTok and WeChat operations from Sunday citing national security concerns. Also Read: Trump not happy with Oracle having minority shares in TikTok "The Chinese Communist Party has demonstrated the means and motives to use these apps to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and the economy of the US," Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement. The US plan involves barring citizens from downloading the Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok from September 20. “At the President’s direction, we have taken significant action to combat China’s malicious collection of American citizens’ personal data, while promoting our national values, democratic rules-based norms, and aggressive enforcement of US laws and regulations,” Commerce department statement added. Meanwhile, TikTok slammed the US move, saying: "We disagree with the decision from the Commerce Department," while adding that it was "disappointed" with the ban. TikTok's parent company ByteDance has been in talks with Oracle and others to create a new company aiming to address the US administration's national security concerns. US President Donald Trump had said earlier that he is "not prepared to sign off on anything", asserting,"it has to be 100 per cent as far as national security is concerned." Microsoft had earlier expressed interest in buying TikTok's international operations, but Oracle has become the frontrunner for a deal with TikTok. However, media outlets said ByteDance would keep a majority stake in the company and Oracle a minority stake. Trump hit back on that saying: "We don't like that. Conceptually, I can tell you I don't like that."

US to ban TikTok and WeChat downloads from September 20

Chinese consumers could boycott Apple if the United States bans WeChat, China's foreign ministry spokesman warned Friday, as the clock ticks down on a US order to block the popular social app.

US President Donald Trump this month announced a ban from mid-September on WeChat and another Chinese-owned app, TikTok, accusing them of threatening national security, further stoking tensions between Beijing and Washington.

But foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian tweeted Friday that "If WeChat is banned, then there will be no reason why Chinese shall keep iPhone and apple products".

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Zhao had already on Thursday said&nbsp;"many Chinese people are saying they may stop using iPhones if WeChat is banned in the US", and &nbsp;accused the US of "systematic economic bullying of non-US companies" by targeting the Chinese app.

The comments mark a rare direct reference by Beijing to boycotting an American product and come as the superpowers spar on multiple fronts including military activity in the South China Sea, Hong Kong and blame for the coronavirus.

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Chinese social media users on Friday responded with mixed feelings to Zhao's warning on Twitter, which is blocked in China but accessible through virtual private network software.

"I use Apple, but I also love my country," one user on the Twitter-like Weibo platform. "It's not a conflict."

"No matter how good Apple is, it's just a phone. It can be replaced, but WeChat is different," another user argued. "Modern Chinese people will lose their soul if they leave WeChat, especially business people."

Wechat, known in mainland China as Weixin, has more than 1.2 billion active users.

Trump's executive order against WeChat forces the platform to end all operations in the United States and bans Americans doing business with it.

Apple accounted for eight percent of China's smartphone market in the second quarter of 2020, according to Counterpoint Research, far behind domestic leader Huawei.

Chinese consumers could boycott Apple if the United States bans WeChat, China's foreign ministry spokesman warned Friday, as the clock ticks down on a US order to block the popular social app.

Chinese consumers could boycott Apple if the United States bans WeChat, China's foreign ministry spokesman warned Friday, as the clock ticks down on a US order to block the popular social app. US President Donald Trump this month announced a ban from mid-September on WeChat and another Chinese-owned app, TikTok, accusing them of threatening national security, further stoking tensions between Beijing and Washington. But foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian tweeted Friday that "If WeChat is banned, then there will be no reason why Chinese shall keep iPhone and apple products". Also read: Walmart says teaming with Microsoft in bid for TikTok Zhao had already on Thursday said "many Chinese people are saying they may stop using iPhones if WeChat is banned in the US", and accused the US of "systematic economic bullying of non-US companies" by targeting the Chinese app. The comments mark a rare direct reference by Beijing to boycotting an American product and come as the superpowers spar on multiple fronts including military activity in the South China Sea, Hong Kong and blame for the coronavirus. Also read: Amazon's Jeff Bezos becomes first billionaire in modern history to cross the $200 billion net worth: Report Chinese social media users on Friday responded with mixed feelings to Zhao's warning on Twitter, which is blocked in China but accessible through virtual private network software. "I use Apple, but I also love my country," one user on the Twitter-like Weibo platform. "It's not a conflict." "No matter how good Apple is, it's just a phone. It can be replaced, but WeChat is different," another user argued. "Modern Chinese people will lose their soul if they leave WeChat, especially business people." Wechat, known in mainland China as Weixin, has more than 1.2 billion active users. Trump's executive order against WeChat forces the platform to end all operations in the United States and bans Americans doing business with it. Apple accounted for eight percent of China's smartphone market in the second quarter of 2020, according to Counterpoint Research, far behind domestic leader Huawei.

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