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Tom Cotton Asks If TikTok CEO Is a Secret Communist

Senator Tom Cotton repeatedly questioned TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew about his ties to the Chinese Communist Party, despite Chew clarifying that he is Singaporean.
Cotton grilled Chew on Chinese geopolitics, including China's treatment of the Uyghur ethnic group, while Chew reiterated that he was present to talk about TikTok.
Throughout the hearing, Cotton has been accused of anti-Asian racism, as he pressed Chew on his nationality and suggested he was afraid to criticize China.

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BBC News

I'm Singaporean! TikTok CEO denies China Communist Party ties

US Senator Tom Cotton repeatedly asks Shou Zi Chew about any links to China.

3 months ago·United Kingdom

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CNN

TikTok CEO fires back at Tom Cotton for pressing about possible ties to China

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) repeatedly asks TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, who is from Singapore, whether he is Chinese and a member of the Chinese Communist Party.

3 months ago·Atlanta, United States

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The Hill

Cotton defends pressing TikTok CEO on ties to Chinese Communist Party

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) defended pressing TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew about potential ties to the Chinese Communist Party at a Senate hearing Wednesday. “Singapore, unfortunately, is one of the places in the world that has the highest degree of infiltration and influence by the Chinese Communist Party,” Cotton said on Fox News’s “The Story…

3 months ago·Washington, United States

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HuffPost

Sen. Tom Cotton Repeatedly Asks Singaporean CEO If He's A Chinese Communist

Despite the TikTok CEO's corrections, the Arkansas senator would not drop his line of questioning.

3 months ago·United States

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npr

Sen. Tom Cotton repeatedly grills Singaporean TikTok CEO if he's a Chinese Communist

TikTok faced scrutiny Wednesday along with other social media sites over child safety. But its Singaporean CEO was grilled over his nationality when a senator repeatedly asked whether he has CCP ties.(Image credit: Jose Luis Magana/AP)

3 months ago·Washington, United States

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Political Wire

Tom Cotton Asks If TikTok CEO Is a Secret Communist

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) engaged in a bit of McCarthyism during Wednesday’s Senate hearing on online child safety when he relentlessly pressed TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on his ties to China, going so far as to wonder whether the Singapore citizen was “a member of the Chinese Communist Party,” the Daily Beast reports.

3 months ago·New York, United States

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