nehemiah_

You missing an important point here, compliance with local laws. US companies CAN do business in China, only if they comply with Chinese laws. Whether these laws are just or unjust is beyond discussion of this thread, what matters is if you want to business in China, you have comply to it.

Imagine, if a Chinese company wants to operate in US but refuse to comply local regulations, what will happen to that company?

Fb, Google and others are banned from China because they refuse to cooperate. What about Tiktok?

you can argue the same way to apps by Fb, Google, and etc. I guess you would also call Fb app a malware and recommend avoid it too? I dont mean to justify what TikTok did, but I'm curious what apps are not malware?