ByteDance aims to proceed with TikTok deal in line with Chinese laws

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ByteDance will proceed with a deal to keep TikTok’s operations in the US in line with “the requirements of Chinese laws”, the social media giant said in a Chinese-language post on WeChat early on Saturday, hours after a call between President Xi Jinping and American counterpart Donald Trump.But in a subsequent English-language post on X, which is barred in China, the Beijing-based tech unicorn – owner of short video platforms TikTok and Douyin – thanked both Xi and Trump “for their efforts to...