US threat on TikTok is sheer gangster logic and daylight robbery: China

"US administration is taking actions against TikTok based on the presumption of guilt, and threatening to force a sellout within 45 days or simply ban it," said a Chinese official

The US threatening to force a sellout within 45 days or ban TikTok is 'sheer gangster logic and 'daylight robbery', said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying on Wednesday on Wednesday.

"Without producing any solid evidence, the US administration is taking actions against TikTok based on the presumption of guilt, and threatening to force a sellout within 45 days or simply ban it. The "deal" is sheer gangster logic and daylight robbery," Hua tweeted.

Hua further said, "The moves are utterly disgraceful. The whole