TikTok owner ByteDance silent on rumored Hong Kong IPO plan

US regulatory pitfalls amid China tensions spur company to look closer to home

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TikTok had been downloaded 961 million times worldwide, generating revenue exceeding $1.2 billion, as of December last year. © Reuters

GUAN CONG and FLYNN MURPHY, Caixin

Shunning U.S. financial markets amid ongoing political tensions with China, ByteDance has chosen instead to hold its initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and will file its prospectus in the second quarter, Caixin has learned

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