TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U.S. deal

Re:TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U... by solarhoma on Saturday August 01, 2020 @03:47PM (#24023330)

Google and Apple have not delisted tiktok because China is a huge market for the companies. They are playing the part of Switzerland.

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Re:TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U... by trnglina on Saturday August 01, 2020 @06:49PM (#24024597)

Apple, maybe, but Google services don't operate in China.

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Re:TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U... by dgellow on Saturday August 01, 2020 @04:59PM (#24023859)

> They are playing the part of Switzerland.

What does that even mean?

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Re:TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U... by joubert on Saturday August 01, 2020 @05:17PM (#24023973)

I would interpret that analogy as them not taking sides, i.e. remain neutral.

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