China on TikTok 'robbery', US Taiwan visit reports

China accused the U.S. of "coerced robbery and economic bullying" by threatening to ban TikTok, a popular video-sharing app owned by Chinese company ByteDance.

President Donald Trump's administration announced to ban TikTok by Sept. 20 and ordered its owner to sell its U.S. business, claiming national security risks due to concerns that the company would share user data with Chinese government.

"We urge the US government to provide an open, fair, just, and non-discriminatory business environment for foreign companies' strategic investment and operation," said Wang Wenbin, spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

The owner of TikTok has chosen Oracle over Microsoft as the American tech partner that could help keep the popular video-sharing app running in the U.S., according to a person familiar with the deal who was not authorized to speak publicly about it.

Wang also commented on reports suggesting a senior US delegation was planning to visit Taiwan, saying "we urge the US to abide by the one-China principle and the three Sino-US joint communiqués and stop all forms of official exchanges with Taiwan."

Neither the US or Taiwan has commented on reports suggesting that US Under Secretary of State of Economic, Growth, Energy and the Environment Keith Krach would.