{"id":106125,"date":"2021-06-10T22:12:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T14:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediaintel.asia\/?p=413644"},"modified":"2021-06-10T22:12:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T14:12:31","slug":"china-says-us-revoking-of-china-apps-ban-a-positive-step-rochesterfirst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/2021\/06\/10\/china-says-us-revoking-of-china-apps-ban-a-positive-step-rochesterfirst\/","title":{"rendered":"China says US revoking of China apps ban a \u2018positive step\u2019 RochesterFirst"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BEIJING (AP) \u2014 China\u2019s Ministry of Commerce said Thursday that a U.S. move to revoke the Trump administration\u2019s executive orders intended to ban apps like TikTok and WeChat was a \u201cpositive step,\u201d amid strained relations between the two countries.
\n\u201cWe hope that the US will treat Chinese companies fairly and avoid politicizing economic and trade issues,\u201d ministry spokesperson Gao Feng said at a regular news briefing Thursday.
\nGao said the U.S. move to revoke previous government actions against apps such as TikTok and WeChat was a \u201cpositive step in the right direction.\u201d
\nThe White House on Wednesday revoked some blanket-style orders made under former President Donald Trump against Chinese apps including the messenging app WeChat, short video app TikTok and the Alipay payments app. A new executive order from President Joe Biden said the U.S. would conduct an \u201cevidence-based\u201d analysis of transactions involving apps that are created, supplied or controlled by China.
\nChina\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated at a daily news briefing that China will continue to defend its interests. It urged the U.S. \u201cto stop generalizing the concept of national security and abusing state power to suppress Chinese technology enterprises.\u201d
\nCourts blocked the Trump administration\u2019s efforts last year to ban TikTok and WeChat, but the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is still conducting a national-security review of TikTok.
\nThe Biden administration\u2019s stance reflects concern that users\u2019 personal data could be exposed by popular apps tied to China if the ruling Communist Party pressures companies to share data.
\nThe administration said in February that it was replacingTrump\u2019s approach with a more targeted strategy. It has not actually weighed in yet on whether TikTok and other apps pose a danger to Americans.
\nA senior administration officialsaid Wednesday that the Trump actions weren\u2019t \u201calways implemented in the soundest fashion.\u201d The aim of the review is to set clear criteria to evaluate specific data security and privacy risks for each app, he said.
\nThat could lead to a range of potential future actions on an app-by-app basis.
\n\u201cWe want to take a tailored, tough approach here,\u201d he said.
\nCFIUS had set deadlines for TikTok to divest its U.S. operations, but such a sale has not happened.
\nLast week, the Biden administration expanded a list of Chinese companies on a blacklist from the Trump era purported to have links to Chinese military and surveillance. American companies and individuals cannot invest in these companies, which include telecommunications gear supplier Huawei and Chinese oil company China National Offshore Oil Corp.
\nChinese officials and companies have denied that their products and services pose a security threat.
\nRelations between Beijing and Washington remain testy, with each side having imposed sanctions including tariffs on each others\u2019 exports.
\nChina\u2019s legislature passed legislation Thursday laying down the legal basis for retaliation against foreign sanctions over issues such as Hong Kong and the northwestern region of Xinjiang, where China is accused of curtailing freedoms and committing human rights abuses. No specific measures were included in the anti-sanctions law.
\nForeign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said the law aimed to \u201cresolutely safeguard national sovereignty, dignity and core interests and oppose Western hegemonism and power politics.\u201d and to \u201cprovide legal support and guarantees for the country to counter discriminatory measures by a foreign country in accordance with the law.\u201d
\nWang lashed out over calls from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for greater attention to China\u2019s growing military power, accusing Washington of \u201cplaying the China card\u201d as a pretext for increasing U.S. military spending and seeking to \u201ccontain China.\u201d
\nHe also protested Japanese Prime Minister Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga\u2019s reference to Taiwan as a country during a parliamentary debate Wednesday. China considers the self-governing island democracy as its own territory and is quick to chastise anyone or any company that refers to it as a country.
\nSuga made a passing reference to Taiwan, New Zealand and Australia while answering a question about pandemic measures, and then referred to them as \u201cthree countries.\u201d
\nWang said the comment violated Japan\u2019s \u201csolemn promise to not regard Taiwan as a country.\u201d
\n\u201cWe strongly deplore Japan\u2019s erroneous remarks and have lodged solemn complaints with Japan, demanding that Japan immediately make clear clarifications to eliminate the adverse effects caused by relevant remarks, and to ensure that such situations will not happen again,\u201d Wang said.<\/p>\n

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BEIJING (AP) \u2014 China\u2019s Ministry of Commerce said Thursday that a U.S. move to revoke the Trump administration\u2019s executive orders intended to ban apps like TikTok and WeChat was a \u201cpositive step,\u201d amid strained relations between the two countries.
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