Microsoft talks to buy TikTok's US operations spark ire in China

ReutersPublished: Aug 3, 2020 11:55 PM

A potential shotgun wedding to Microsoft Corp for TikTok's US operations provoked an outcry yesterday on Chinese social media as well as criticism from a prominent Chinese investor in TikTok owner ByteDance.

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