TikTok setback clouds global ambitions of China tech

Sweeping Communist Party control hampers business links abroad

SHUNSUKE TABETA and NAOKI MATSUDA, Nikkei staff writers

August 4, 2020 06:55 JST

BEIJING/SHANGHAI -- The U.S. targeting of video-sharing app TikTok threatens a wider setback for Chinese tech companies seeking global success by raising questions about the Communist Party's influence over domestic businesses and its access to personal data.