How ByteDance tried to cross the US-China internet divide with TikTok, offering appeasements to both sides that were undermined by the geopolitical reality (Raymond Zhong/New York Times)

Raymond Zhong / New York Times:
How ByteDance tried to cross the US-China internet divide with TikTok, offering appeasements to both sides that were undermined by the geopolitical reality  —  The founder of ByteDance, Zhang Yiming, dreamed of building a global tech company based in China.  Then the geopolitical reality set in.