China slams 'suppression' of TikTok app

'Typical rogue behavior' reflects US' insecurities and abuse of state power

China has said it firmly opposes the United States generalizing the concept of national security and that it is abusing state power to suppress non-American companies.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning made the statement on Tuesday after the White House in Washington, the day before, said all US federal agencies will be required to remove the Chinese short-video platform TikTok from their phones and systems within 30 days.

On Monday Canada announced that the TikTok platform would be removed immediately from all federal government-issued mobile devices from Tuesday.