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Dan Wang, an expert on China’s tech sector, says Beijing would consider a forced sale or ban on the social media platform a propaganda stunt.
By Ravi Mattu
Dan Wang has been a leading observer of the new China for years. As a generation analyst at Gavekal Dragonomics, a research firm, and through his widely read newsletter, Wang has tracked the country’s economy as a fast-growing high-tech economy and, more recently, its slowdown and emerging tensions with the United States.
Wang is now a visiting professor at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center and is writing an e-book on U. S. -China relations. He spoke with DealBook about how China views the latest U. S. crackdown on TikTok. The interview has been edited and condensed.
How does China view TikTok’s fight?
Chinese state media and government spokespeople have made it clear that this is not welcome. China believes that ByteDance is a very successful company that is bullied in the United States because it is Chinese. The other Chinese are angered by the U. S. government’s statement that this is a national security risk. And Beijing has passed legislation subjecting information algorithms to Chinese export controls, giving the impression that the government probably wouldn’t allow a sale to take place.
Is the Chinese government a propaganda tool?
State media is keeping the powder dry, as there are still several steps left before ByteDance has to sell TikTok in the U. S. U. S. These come with Senate approval, White House signature, as well as the demanding legal situations that ByteDance will bring. imminent, state media does not mobilize citizens to oppose it.
What does it look like when state media interacts with the public?
In 2022, Congress passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, and many Westerners made safe statements. Chinese state media has taken over a company, H
How will China retaliate against U. S. companies?
The bigger question is: Does Beijing think this act deserves retaliation?I’ve spent all four years of President Trump’s industrial war in China, and Beijing has been very lenient on U. S. companies for two main reasons.
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