President Joe Biden announced Wednesday the creation of a working group in the Pentagon to develop a strategy toward China. A White House spokesman has said that the “strategic patience” policy is not applicable to dealing with China. In addition, the U.S. government decided to shelve plans to force TikTok to sell to U.S. investors.
AFP reports that Biden announced Wednesday the creation of a special working group at the U.S. Department of Defense to develop a U.S. strategy toward China. The U.S. sees China as its No. 1 strategic “adversary.
During his first visit to the Pentagon on Wednesday, Biden said, “The working group will be put to work quickly so that we can set direction on our relationship with China.” AFP said the U.S. Defense Department’s China Strategy Group, which will consist of 15 civilian officials and military advisers, will spend four months developing recommendations on China strategy.
Earlier, the Sankei Shimbun cited a White House spokesman as saying that the “strategic patience” policy is not applicable to dealing with China. The White House spokesman said that former U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration adopted a policy of “strategic patience” towards North Korea’s nuclear weapons development, but this policy is not applicable to dealing with China.
The U.S. government decided to shelve plans to force TikTok to sell to U.S. investors, AFP reported Wednesday, citing the Wall Street Journal. The new Biden Administration has yet to make a final judgment on the security risks of ByteTok, a popular video App for Chinese companies.
AFP reports that TikTok is owned by Beijing Byte Jumping Technology Co. Former U.S. President Donald Trump pushed to force the sale of TikTok’s U.S. business, fearing that TikTok and other Chinese online services are linked to the Beijing government and thus pose a security risk.
The Wall Street Journal cited unnamed sources as saying that plans to sell TikTok’s U.S. business to tech giants Oracle and Walmart “have been put on hold indefinitely” by the Biden administration.
AFP reported that White House spokeswoman Jane Psaki confirmed at a news conference that the U.S. government “is reconsidering former President Trump’s efforts regarding potential security risks to Chinese technology companies, particularly as it relates to the security of American users’ personal information.
The Wall Street Journal previously noted that the new Biden administration is reviewing data security and avoiding the flow of U.S. user information collected by TikTok to the Chinese government, but will not immediately force a sale at this Time.
The report said that discussions between Bytespring and U.S. national security officials continue, mainly around data security, as well as preventing TikTok from collecting U.S. users’ messages. Sources said the solution may include a trusted third party to manage TikTok data, without the need to sell the business directly.
The report quoted a spokesman for the National Security Council as saying that the U.S. side plans to develop a comprehensive approach to protecting U.S. data against the various threats it faces, including the risks posed by the use of Chinese apps and other software in the U.S. Specific cases are expected to be reviewed in the coming months with a full understanding of the risks faced.
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