China said on Saturday that it was strongly against the US’s move to block WeChat and TikTok apps and warned of retaliation to protect the interests of Chinese companies. The US on Friday issued orders to ban popular Chinese social media apps TikTok and WeChat from Sunday to protect national security. India had banned them a few weeks earlier. India had said that these apps are a threat to the sovereignty, unity and security of the country.
Last month, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning TikTok and WeChat by 15 September. There was talk of banning them by September 15 if the ownership of the two Chinese companies does not change to American. Responding to the Trump administration’s order banning TikTok and WeChat from Sunday, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said they were strongly against the US move to block downloads of these apps.
The MOC said in a statement that in the absence of any evidence, the US has repeatedly used state power to suppress both enterprises for improper reasons. This has severely hampered his normal business work. In addition, the confidence of international investors in the US investment environment is low and the general global economic and business environment is damaged.
