For a long time, TikTok insisted any data collected by its servers could not be accessed by anyone in China. In November, the company changed its privacy policy. It now said staff in China could ...

Lutnick’s comments follow his warning last week that TikTok will have to stop operating in the U.S. if China does not approve a deal for the app.

TikTok will go dark in the U.S unless China agrees to a deal that giving U.S. owners majority control over the video app, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said.

A group of Kuaishou insiders embezzled nearly $20 million, converting it into Bitcoin to obscure the trail. The scheme involved OTC desks, mixers, and multi-hop

The heavily-censored TikTok alternative has more than 300 million monthly active users, mostly in China, as of last year, according to Chinese state media.

The first seven months of 2025 have delivered a whirlwind of news on Chinese technology and business, oscillating between anxiety and euphoria, but what has cut through the noise has been the emergence of a "cool factor".