TikTok's Struggle with National Security and International Relations.

China has said it would "strongly oppose" a forced sale of TikTok, making clear the government's involvement with the social media giant that's trying hard to distance itself from Beijing authorities. The Ministry of Commerce said that a sale or spinoff of TikTok from its Beijing-based parent ByteDance is subject to Chinese law on tech exports, which requires licenses for the export of certain technology based on national security concerns. TikTok has a "Project Texas" plan to store American user data on U.S. soil in a bid to show the company's claims that mainland Chinese authorities have no access to them.