China News Service, Beijing, August 24 (Reporter Zhang Ziyang) Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said in Beijing on the 24th that individual American politicians attempted to kill Chinese companies such as TikTok, WeChat, and Huawei. "Anti-symptoms", forcibly labeling ideology on Chinese companies. Under the guise of "national security," these people "hunt" TikTok and other Chinese companies. They are full of lies and slanders, and their nature is to bully and rob.

  At the regular press conference that day, a reporter asked: According to reports, on the 22nd, TikTok announced that it would file a lawsuit against the US government's administrative order involving the company and its parent company Bytedance, in order to protect its own legality. rights and interests. On the 21st, the "American WeChat User Alliance" formed by some WeChat (WeChat International Edition) users in the United States filed a lawsuit to block the implementation of the US administrative order prohibiting WeChat. We have also noticed that in answering TikTok’s questions on the 21st, US Secretary of State Pompeo stated that the United States is not targeting successful Chinese companies, but targeting CCP entities or commercial entities driven by the CCP that pose risks to the security of the US. What is China's comment?

  In response, Zhao Lijian stated that China supports relevant companies in taking up legal weapons to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests, and will continue to take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies. In response to the fallacy you mentioned about individual American politicians, I want to emphasize two points:

  First, individual US politicians attempted to kill Chinese companies such as TikTok, WeChat, and Huawei. The root cause is that they are suffering from the "sickness of reversing China" and forcibly labeling Chinese companies with ideological labels. Under the guise of "national security," these people "hunt" TikTok and other Chinese companies. They are full of lies and slanders, and their nature is to bully and rob.

  Second, the behavior of individual U.S. politicians against specific companies such as TikTok is essentially an organized and systematic economic bullying of non-U.S. companies that have achieved leading advantages in a certain field. They are all industry leaders and excellent international companies. Individual politicians in the United States are afraid of the strength and success of non-US companies, so they do not hesitate to use national power to suppress them in every possible way. This is a denial of the market economy and fair competition principles that the United States has always advertised, a violation of international rules, and a destruction of exchanges and cooperation in science and technology innovation among countries under the wave of globalization. The world will only see more clearly the robbery actions of these people in the United States. (Finish)