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by throwawaymaths 263 days ago
wait why does china have to confirm the sale? i thought tiktok was singaporean!
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mandeepj 263 days ago
> i thought tiktok was singaporean!

Tiktok's CEO is a singaporean! Maybe you are mixing it with that.

Tiktoks' parent company ByteDance is headquartered in China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance

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c0balt 263 days ago
Shou Zi Chew, the CEO of TikTok since 2021, is Singaporean. TikTok, the company, is owned by ByteDance.
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sjsdaiuasgdia 263 days ago
The CEO of TikTok is from Singapore. Bytedance is a Chinese company.
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