One year ago today, I made an appearance on the Piers Morgan show to debate Tobias Ellwood, a member of the UK Parliament about the future of TikTok, the Chinese app that literally changed the entire world of social media.
The success of TikTok is a testament to the vision of Zhang Yi Ming, the Chinese entrepreneur who first thought about the social media platform some 12 years ago while sitting with his friends in a two bedroom apartment in Beijing.
China is no stranger to social media apps. With a population of 1.4 billion people, the Chinese social media space is alive and well, with literally hundreds of different apps.
But What Makes TikTok Different?
When Zhang Yi Ming set out to create TikTok he made a brilliant decision. He decided to create “two ecosystems”. The first ecosystem would be called Douyin 抖音 and would operate exclusively inside of Mainland China.
The second ecosystem would be called TikTok and operate in every country outside of China. This approach was completely new and much different than a social network like Facebook, which only operates only one ecosystem and tries to serve the entire world.
But Why Does the US Government Want to Ban TikTok?
The US Government has now reached a new level of hysteria with China. Almost anything from China is now a “National Security Threat”. I mean look at how ridiculous this story is from the Washington Times! Do you really think the Chinese government doesn’t have better things to do with their time than spy on Americans through coffee pots? Of course the answer is no! You seriously can’t make up how ridiculous the paranoia has become.
But the “ban of TikTok” has been a hot topic for a while and the truth behind this move was revealed by the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party a congressional led group of self-proclaimed China Hawks who simply portray everything from China as a threat to the future of America. Watch this clip:
I want to thank the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party for their honesty in this video. The truth is this bill has absolutely NOTHING to do with national security, protecting US citizen's rights, or whatever nonsense the Select Committee tries to sell you.
The reality is the US government wants to see TikTok owned by an American company and those profits made (and most importantly) taxed inside the US.
The United States wants to see it’s biggest social media competitor become American and is trying to force them to sell the company. In the United States, we have a popular saying: “It’s all about the Benjamins Baby!”
This is a reference to Benjamin Franklin who appears on the US $100 bill. This phrase means: It’s all about the money! This is such a true statement as money and greed rules corporate America, our government, our politicians, and almost everything else in this country. But now you know the truth behind America’s attempt to ban TikTok.
If you haven’t seen my interview with Piers Morgan please click the image to see the whole video. Piers was shocked by the truth I shared with him and at the end left the debate with a much more nuanced view on China and TikTok!
China's soft power has escalated to the 3rd position 🌎 worldwide.
China will continue to rise despite sabotage from the USA.
As always, you’re Great, Cyrus.