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In a luxury mansion in the Hollywood Hills, young TikTok influencers bounced around on a bright sunny morning this week trying out new ideas for zany short-form videos that they hope will go viral. They’re also feeling concerned about their future. Kids Next Door LA is one of a number of TikTok houses set up …
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The feds fined nutritional supplement maker Herbalife about $123 million for running a decade-long bribery scheme to boost its business in China, officials said Friday. The penalties from two federal agencies were just the latest legal entanglements for Herbalife, which in recent years has seen two former Chinese executives indicted and fought allegations that it …
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TikTok’s parent company is getting ready to shut down its American operations in the event that a sale doesn’t materialize in the next few months, according to a report. President Trump signed an executive order earlier this month ordering ByteDance to sell TikTok’s US business to a “very American company” or be banned from operating …
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President Trump hit at Joe Biden’s record on trade during his speech at the Republican National Convention, accusing him of sending working class jobs overseas to China while building his political career on the support of blue collar workers. “For forty-seven years, Joe Biden took the donations of blue collar workers, gave them hugs and …
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Senator Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) took aim at Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s record on the Chinese Communist Party in his speech at the virtual Republican National Convention on Thursday. “Joe Biden aided and abetted China’s rise for 50 years with terrible trade deals that closed our factories and laid off our workers,” Cotton said. …
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BEIJING – The moment the metal singer Shui Shu spread his arms, Buddhist prayer beads in hand and incense wafting from the stage, his band unleashed a wall of sound on the crowd. The rapt audience of about 200, many wearing masks, swayed gingerly. By the end of his set, most masks were off. By …
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The Trump administration is considering whether to formally label China’s treatment of Uighurs a “genocide,” Politico reported on Tuesday. A genocide designation by the U.S. government could have political and legal consequences for the country. If the genocide label is approved, it could pressure the U.S. to intervene in some form to counteract the genocide, though …
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg lobbied against TikTok in Washington months before President Trump threatened to ban the popular Chinese-owned app, according to a report. The social-media magnate raised concerns about the rise of Chinese tech companies in a private October dinner with President Trump, White House adviser Jared Kushner and billionaire tech tycoon Peter Thiel, …
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TikTok confirmed Saturday that it would be suing the Trump administration for ordering its Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell its U.S. operations. Trump signed an executive order earlier in August giving the company 90 days to sell off its U.S. TikTok assets. TikTok spokesman Josh Gartner told The Verge Saturday the company had no …
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TikTok is preparing to mount a legal challenge as early as Monday to President Trump’s executive order prohibiting transactions with the popular short video app and its Chinese parent ByteDance, according to people familiar with the matter. Trump issued an executive order on Aug. 14 that gave ByteDance 90 days to divest the US operations …
In a luxury mansion in the Hollywood Hills, young TikTok influencers bounced around on a bright sunny morning this week trying out new ideas for zany short-form videos that they hope will go viral. They’re also feeling concerned about their future. Kids Next Door LA is one of a number of TikTok houses set up …
