Lin Zhanting: Douyin International Edition encounters ＂Huawei Moment＂

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China's popular short video platform Douyin's international version of TIKTOK has recently caused trouble in the United States.The fuse is very familiar to read: Tiktok is accused of constitutes a national security risk for the United States, involving improperly collecting user information, and even being reviewed by the Chinese government. It is a potential anti -intelligence threat.

In 2017, Douyin's parent company beating to carry out overseas expansion, acquired the American music short video platform Musical.ly, and entered the overseas market in the name of Tiktok.In recent years, the platform has quickly become popular in the United States and has become a surrounding application of many young people, but it follows a series of political troubles.

In January of this year, a US think tank issued a report that Tiktok collected overseas user information. It does not rule out that the information may be passed on to the Chinese government, and it must be vigilant on its influence.After nine months, two US senators formally wrote a letter to ask the intelligence authorities to investigate the security risks of Tiktok.Reuters further quoted the news last week that the US Foreign Investment Council, which is responsible for reviewing the acquisition of foreign organizations to acquire the National Security Risk, is investigating the acquisition of Musical.ly, Tiktok's parent company two years ago.

As Tiktok's adverse factors have increased, people can't help but discuss, will Tiktok become the next Huawei?As early as 2012, the United States refused Huawei from its market on the grounds of national security. Today, Douyin has faced similar accusations. Although the relevant censorship is still in the preliminary stage, observers have clicked the worst results: byte beating is being beating by bytes.Forced to sell Musical.ly, Tiktok has lost its US market since then, becoming another victim of the Sino -US Science and Technology and Information War.

In recent weeks, TIKTOK launched crisis public relations, and it has been emphasized that its user data is stored in the United States. The Chinese government has no jurisdiction over the content of the platform.However, as Huawei has denied that the Chinese government spies have never stopped the United States from suppressing it, Tiktok's debate is also difficult to convince the questioners in American politics.It is foreseeable that Tiktok's pressure will only be further increased.

The situation of Tiktok is undoubtedly related to the anxiety caused by the increase in the influence of Chinese technology in the United States. It is also a portrayal of the China -US technology and information warfare to another battlefield.However, the game in this extension is more complicated than some people's predictions. Tiktok is not completely pessimistic despite its fate.

Just as Douyin was involved in the political vortex, Huawei announced that the third quarter operating performance increased by 24.4%year -on -year. This is only one of Huawei one of the examples of Huawei's good operation and business status in recent months.Although the positive news conveyed from Huawei from all walks of life has different interpretations, including the effect of being included in the blacklist by the United States, the market outside China is more serious;There will be signs of being defeated.

Regarding the difference in the level of China and the United States, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei has a clear understanding.At the dialogue on Monday, he described the United States on the Himalayas on the top of the world's technology. At present, the more backward China is located at the foot of the mountain.The Yellow River and the Yangtze River still need water in Himalayas.

However, at the same time, the various cards played by Huawei after getting involved in the Sino -US game last year, including frequently showing good performance, launching their own operating system Hongmeng, signing contracts with more countries including Europe, etc.Its toughness and counterattack may be stronger than the outside world. The support of the Chinese government and the domestic market behind this obviously cannot be ignored.

Turning the lens back to Tiktok, although its nature is not the same as Huawei and the technical content cannot be compared, but in the moment when Tiktok has penetrated many overseas markets and the influence has gradually increased, the American political community has suppressed it through national power. Presumably, it must not be the same.It will be a simple and direct task.

TIKTOK has now appeared in the Huawei crisis, and once again highlights the United States' distrust of the Chinese political and business system. After the expansion of the influence of Chinese companies in the US market, it seems that it has become an unavoidable reality.The difficulty of Chinese technology companies to meet the trust of trust is still very difficult.

At present, the first phase of the Sino -US trade negotiation agreement is dawn. Disputes in China ’s purchase of American agricultural products and intellectual property protection may be resolved, but it seems difficult to cool down for the cold war of science and technology.From key technologies and infrastructure, now in social media, scientific and technological games are longer and sharp than trade frictions. Even the funny procedures for selling popular entertainment to young boys and girls, it is difficult to be spared.