China

• The rise of AI bot DeepSeek reminds the U.S. government that it can’t contain Chinese tech forever
• Trump thinks he can broker a deal to keep TikTok running

  TikTok is back online after President Donald Trump signed an executive order giving ByteDance 75 days to make a deal with the US government.

  
• ByteDance’s founder is China’s richest person with a net worth of $49.3 billion

  Zhang Yiming, the founder of TikTok parent company ByteDance, has been named as the richest billionaire in China.

  
• Around the World: TikTok and Meta sue the E.U. while Douyin gets a CEO shakeup

  Douyin's CEO announced that she's stepping down, Meta and TikTok sued the EU, Japan has VTuber drama, and Russia blacklisted creators.

  
• Around the World: TikTok makes moves in Indonesia, Italy fines YouTube, and Brazil enacts “crypto tax”
• The Chinese version of TikTok is letting some creators with at least 100,000 followers put up paywalls
• As he prepares to debut an Uncle Roger comedy special, Nigel Ng battles bans in China
• Google terminates 6,285 YouTube channels to quash “coordinated influence operations” in China
• TikTok’s parent company has offered a rare look at its finances
• TikTok has close ties to Chinese state media. Here’s why that matters.
• Biden Revokes Trump Order Banning TikTok, But Reiterates Oversight Of Foreign-Owned Apps
• TikTok’s Parent Agrees To $92 Million Settlement For Class-Action Data Privacy Suit