China’s TikTok Bill Anger ‘Supremely Ironic,’ US Envoy Says (1)

The top American diplomat in China hit out at Beijing’s objection to a potential ban on TikTok in the US, in sharp comments that underscore persistent tensions between the countries despite a recent improvement in ties.

“I find it supremely ironic because government officials here are using the X platform to criticize the United States,” Ambassador Nicholas Burns said in an interview with Bloomberg Television on Thursday. “They don’t give their own citizens the right to use X, to use Instagram, to use Facebook, to have access to Google.”

WATCH: “I find it supremely ironic because government officials here are using the X platform to criticize the United States,” Burns says when asked on China’s complaints about the potential TikTok ban.

Source: Bloomberg

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