China

China’s TikTok to File Court Challenge to U.S. Sell-or-Ban Law

China’s TikTok says it plans to file a lawsuit against the U.S. ban-or-sell legislation that President Joe Biden signed into law on Wednesday. The Chinese company, controlled by a hostile foreign country, ironically told Americans that it will “fight” for their “rights,” adding, “the Constitution is on our side.”

Shou Zi Chew, chief executive officer of TikTok Inc., speaks during the Bloomberg New Econ

China Buys into Niger Junta to Secure Oil Supply

China’s state-owned oil company CNPC, the China National Petroleum Corporation, has signed a $400 million deal with the military junta that controls Niger, providing a much-needed infusion of cash after the coup damaged relations with Niger’s previous big oil customers, the United States and France.

Workers from Niger and China are seen on the construction site of an oil pipeline in the r