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by whoevercares 2144 days ago
How did you know they won’t acquire the talents? Is it because... those people might be Chinese engineers?
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So the Chinese side of the company wouldn't have any engineers..? Or they'd split them? I think you missed the point.
TikTok is a subsidiary with mostly non-Chinese employees, so unless there's more information available, I'd assume the acquisition deal involves Microsoft hiring them. The Chinese side of the business is entirely under the parent company ByteDance that Microsoft is buying from.