Ministry: U.S. practice disrupts normal business activities
Beijing slammed Washington on Wednesday for resorting to bullying when it could not succeed in fair competition, saying its practice disrupts normal business activities and will eventually backfire.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin made the remarks ahead of a vote by the United States House of Representatives on a bill that would force TikTok to cut ties with its parent company Byte-Dance, or it would get banned in the U.S..
In recent years, though the U.S. has never found evidence of TikTok threatening U.S. national security, it has never stopped suppressing the video-sharing app, Wang told a regular news conference.
The U.S. move undermines the confidence of international investors in the investment environment and sabotages the normal international economic and trade order, the spokesman said.
Also on Wednesday, in response to U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo's remarks regarding Chinese electric vehicles, Wang said that hyping the so-called "China data threat" is only an excuse to justify U.S. actions to oppress China.
Under the pretext of so-called data security, the U.S. restricts the flow of data to "countries of concern" and investigates vehicles that use "connected" car technology of certain countries, Wang said.
Such practices abuse the concept of national security, and the true purpose is to oppress the development of high-tech industries of other countries, he said.
Beijing hopes Washington will take pragmatic actions to safeguard an open, fair and non-discriminatory business environment, and work with others to formulate universal data security rules to enable orderly and free data flows around the world, he said.
The spokesman said that China never imposes excessive restrictions on specific countries or companies.
As long as they abide by Chinese laws and regulations, Beijing welcomes foreign companies and all kinds of platforms, products and services into the Chinese market, he added.
Related articles
Chinese FM holds talks with Bolivian counterpart
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Ch2024-04-30Taylor Swift teases The Tortured Poets Department album release week with Spotify message
Taylor Swift got back to business Monday after spending part of the weekend at Coachella with her bo2024-04-30UK inflation falls to lowest level since late 2021 as food prices ease further
LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. fell to its lowest level in two and a half years in March after2024-04-30- Ariana Grande's beloved 'Nonna' - 98-year-old grandmother Marjorie Grande - has made history as the2024-04-30
Pakistani FM Ishaq Dar designated deputy PM
Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar was designated on Sunday as the deputy prime minister, a notifi2024-04-30US court rejects a request by tribes to block $10B energy transmission project in Arizona
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request by Native American tribes and2024-04-30
atest comment