TikTok’s moves follow a frosty hearing in the US Supreme Court last week, which has cemented expectations that it will face a ban starting Sunday

China’s RedNote — also known as Xiaohongshu — and Lemon8 have become the top two most downloaded apps in the US this week

The short video app is facing a January 19 deadline for a ban in the US, unless its Chinese owner ByteDance divests its US operations

Chinese state media says the development could lead to “overwhelmingly unfavourable consequences” for Taiwan and global chip supply chains

The app and its Chinese parent have maintained that selling off US operations was not possible as it would be a complicated process that would also be prohibited by Beijing

Despite the Biden Administration’s push to finalise those rules, however, their implementation will come down to President-elect Donald Trump who takes office in a little over a week

The incoming US president described his Chinese counterpart as a strong and powerful man, adding that they were both already communicating through aides

The US Commerce Department said it was concerned about ‘adversaries’ remotely accessing and manipulating drones

Chinese government hackers who breached the US Treasury Department last month targeted the office that administers economic sanctions, according to a new report

Chinese firms have stepped up their purchases of materials needed to make chips and electronics from US suppliers ahead of the new year

The US President-elect says a pause would give his administration time to pursue a "political resolution" to the issue

“The only way to beat China is to stay ahead of them," US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in an interview