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Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on the short-video app, according to people familiar with the matter.

letting Elon Musk take over the popular video platform. On paper, such an arrangement makes sense, given Beijing’s existing ties to and trust in the world’s richest man. But beyond whether ...

ELON Musk is said to be in talks with China over the possibility of buying TikTok to avoid an impending US ban on the platform. The app is facing a ban in the US from January 19 due

It’s only fitting that TikTok’s fate turn into a wild dance. As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs up the constitutionality of a proposed ban on the popular video app, Beijing has pirouetted into the possibility of letting ByteDance sell it to Elon Musk,

Chinese officials have discussed selling the US operations of TikTok to Elon Musk as the video-sharing app faces being banned in America as soon as Sunday.

Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the U.S. operations if TikTok fails to fend off a controversial ban.

Beijing officials preparing options for after Donald Trump’s inauguration have examined possible openness to a deal for TikTok’s U.S. operations with the owner of X.

Chinese officials are exploring a potential sale of US TikTok operations to billionaire Elon Musk as the video-sharing platform faces an American law requiring imminent Chinese divestment, Bloomberg News reported on Monday.

Beijing officials would rather have TikTok retain its ownership under parent company ByteDance Ltd. However, with the looming ban in the US market, they are contemplating selling the platform’s U.S. operations to Elon Musk.

With TikTok in the U.S. facing being shut down on Jan. 19, Chinese officials are reportedly evaluating an 11th-hour option that involves Elon Musk, through X Inc., acquiring ... said today that though Beijing officials strongly prefer that TikTok remains ...