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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

China hits out at US TikTok ban: ‘How unsure of itself can a superpower be?’

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US government bans on Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok reveal Washington’s own insecurities and are an abuse of state power, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday.

The US government “has been overstretching the concept of national security and abusing state power to suppress other countries’ companies," Mao Ning said at a daily briefing. “How unsure of itself can the US, the world’s top superpower, be to fear a favorite young person's favorite app to such a degree?”

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