China Supports TikTok Using Legal Weapons to Defend its Interests

China’s Foreign Ministry has expressed support for companies including TikTok to take up legal weapons to defend their legitimate rights and interests.

The ministry’s spokesperson Zhao Lijian made the remarks at a daily press briefing in response to a question concerning announcements by TikTok and some WeChat users in the United States to file lawsuits against U.S. government executive orders to defend their legal rights.

China will also continue to take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises, Mr Zhao said.

He said some U.S. politicians are working to crush such Chinese companies as TikTok, WeChat and Huawei because they are down with an anti-China syndrome and

will strike at anything Chinese.

“That explains their frantic attempts to hunt down TikTok and other Chinese companies by pinning the ideological label on them

President Donald Trump, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and U.S. Department of Commerce were listed as defendants.

TikTok accused the U.S. authorities of stripping the rights of the company without any evidence to justify the extreme action, and issuing the order without any due process as guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment while banning the company with no notice or opportunity to be heard. under the pretext of ‘national security’. All the lies and smears are just disguise for their daylight bullying and robbery,” he added.

The wanton actions some U.S. politicians have taken against specific companies, such as TikTok, are in essence organised and systematic economic bullying targeting outperforming non-U.S. multinational companies.

U.S. politicians fear their strength and success and would even resort to state power to pummel them, said the spokesperson.

“This is a repudiation of the principle of market economy and fair competition that the United States has always boasted about. This is trampling on international rules and disrupting exchanges and cooperation in science, technology and innovation riding the trend of globalisation. The world will only see more clearly the true face of these self-serving banditslike politicians,” the spokesperson added.