TikTok CEO has questions to answer. His race is not one

Senate grilling of Singaporean executive undermines U.S. credibility

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U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton exposed his ignorance with his recent grilling of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew. (Pool via Reuters) 

Steven Okun is chief executive of ESG and sustainability consultancy APAC Advisors and a senior advisor with geostrategic consultancy McLarty Associates. He previously served as chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore. 

U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton's intensive grilling of the Singaporean CEO of TikTok on the question of whether he has links to the Chinese Communist Party at a Senate hearing last week did Washington no favors in its geostrategic battle for influence with Beijing.

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