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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomes India's sweeping ban on Chinese apps including TikTok, saying New Delhi is ensuring its own security. "India's clean app approach will boost Indian's sovereignty," he tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Beijing, Aug 5 (EFE/EPA).- Microsoft has been reportedly in talks to buy a Chinese-owned social media app TikTok after US President Donald Trump said he wanted to ban the app in the country over fears that user data was being shared with China’s government.TikTok has some 80 million users in the US and is one of the fastest growing social media platforms. It has a particularly strong market among adolescents and young adults, and is also used by celebrities. (Camera: WU HONG)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF MICROSOFT OFFICE IN BEIJING, CHINA.
Shops selling traditional medicines and foods in Hong Kong and Sydney say business from Chinese tourists is the poorest in years. Julie Noce reports.
The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approves a bill that would force Tiktok to divest from its Chinese owner or get banned from the United States. The lawmakers voted 352 in favor of the proposed law and 65 against, in a rare moment of bipartisan unity in politically divided Washington. IMAGES
Chinese research ship Shi Yan 6 arrives in Sri Lanka, entering the port of Colombo a year after a similar port call by a spacecraft-tracking vessel raised security concerns from neighbouring India. New Delhi is suspicious of China's increasing presence in the Indian Ocean and its influence in Sri Lanka, which is strategically placed halfway along key east-west international shipping routes. IMAGES
Chinese Premier Li Qiang touches down in Delhi ahead of the G20 summit. World leaders gathering in the Indian capital for the annual summit as deep divisions between heavyweight members and a no-show by China's Xi Jinping call the bloc's relevance into question. IMAGES
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