Will the US Government ban Chinese-owned app TikTok? | China Tonight | ABC News

Sun, 12 Jan 2025 18:32:38 +0000

In this video, is it geopolitics or a full-blown tech war? TikTok goes on trial as the US government considers banning the Chinese-owned app. Also, Taiwan’s current president visits the US as Taiwan’s former president makes an historic trip to mainland China. Then, a look at the booming business of web fiction, and what Hukou – a household registration system that indicates where a person is from – means for life in China. Subscribe: https://ab.co/3yqPOZ5

0:00 – Chinese social media is blowing up with debate about the US government considering a ban on TikTok
2:30 – The reappearance of co-founder of Alibaba Jack Ma
5:11 – Web fiction: a unique storytelling trend unique to China
12:51 – Taiwan’s current president heads to the US as a former president visits mainland China
17:14 – China’s efforts to reinvigorate the economy after the COVID lockdowns and opening up to foreign investors
19:42 – What hukou means for life in China, including restrictions on internal migration between cities and provinces

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