TikTok is the world's most downloaded social media app. With over 1 billion active monthly users, it has become a global sensation. But for American politicians, there's one big problem with it that they have never accepted-it's Chinese.
Recently, Republican Representative Mike Gallagher, the head of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, has introduced a new congressional bill which will once again attempt to effectively ban the video platform.
US politicians' continuous attempts to ban TikTok have revealed how insecure, paranoid, and unsettled they have become regarding the rise of China.
TikTok 是目前全球下载量最大的社交媒体应用,每月活跃用户超过 10 亿,已经成为全球范围内引起最热门的应用。但对于美国政客来说,TikTok的成功让他们无法接受——因为它来自中国。
最近,众议院中国战略竞争委员会主席Mike Gallagher提出了一项新的国会法案,再次试图在美国禁止TikTok。
近年来,美国政客不断试图禁止TikTok的举动,已经充分暴露了他们对中国崛起的不安全感、偏执和不自信。
统筹|蒋铮
文案|RT Column
翻译|赵鹏
出镜|付怡
剪辑、制图|黎杰文