China says it won’t approve TikTok sale, calls it ‘extortion’ (techcrunch.com)

Country who pioneered the practice of forced IP transfers and state-sponsored IP theft reacts with shock and horror when a single one of their own companies is met with similar anti-competitive treatment.

China systematically blocks Western companies from operating in China without handing over IP or source code. Huawei for example, a company with an extensive history of being state sponsored, had a program that rewarded employees with direct cash incentives for delivering stolen IP to the company.

Don’t listen to what nations say, see what they do, which goes for both countries.