China hits out at US as tech dispute deepens

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China hits out at US as tech dispute deepens.

 The US has offered China the "choice of submission or mortal combat" in tech world as stated by the state media in beijing, as the two countries manoeuvred on the controversial issue on the video sharing platform called TikTok.

Following the issue, the US president gave Microsoft until September 15th to make an acquisition deal with TikTok's parent company, Which is Bytedance, and the president also said that the US treasury will receive payment as part of the deal.

Since the creation of TikTok, it has been one of the world fastest growing video sharing platforms that has been gaining traction and users all around the world,While the fastest growing tech company in china is Huawei,Huawei recently surpassed Samsung as the world biggest vendor of smartphones.

Both tech companies have controversies due to the ongoing rivalry between China and the US. 

Following President Trump plans to ban the app, TikTok from the US, the Chinese government has retaliated as the China Daily,said that China would not accept the theft of one of it tech companies and said "it has plenty of ways to respond if the administration carries out it planned smash and grab".

On Monday, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affair Wang Wenbin said China firmly opposed any US action against Chinese software companies over national security concerns.

Wenbin said the US "Generalises the concept of national security and without any evidence,presumptions of guilt and threat against relevant companies.

"This violates the principles of market and economy and exposes the hypocrisy and typical double standards of the US in maintaining fairness and freedom.It also violates the World Organisation's Principle Of Openess, transparency and non-discrimination".