US demands for TikTok may escalate decoupling and hurt businesses, says China expert

Washington’s treatment of TikTok could set a new norm regarding the nationalisation of technology and in turn lead to more decoupling in the sector, according to Nina Palmer, a senior director at the Albright Stonebridge Group’s China Practice. Palmer, who has also lived on the Chinese mainland and served in the US Embassy in Beijing, spoke with the South China Morning Post’s Elaine Ly.