As Elon Musk grew Tesla’s business in China, he publicly cozied up to its leaders on his favorite social media platform.

Reports about Chinese officials eyeing Musk as the buyer of TikTok’s U.S. operations are “not a total shock” given Musk’s relationship with Trump, says Wedbush analyst Dan Ives.

A representative for TikTok has denied a report claiming that China was working on selling the app to Elon Musk to keep it operational in the United States. On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Chinese officials were “evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok” and that the Chinese government had discussed the option of Musk’s social media app X taking “control of TikTok US” and running

Chinese officials reportedly want ByteDance Ltd. to remain the owners of TikTok but is in discussion on how to work with the Trump Administration.

TikTok denied a report that China is exploring a sale of the app to Elon Musk to keep TikTok operational in America amid a looming U.S. ban.

Americans are going to lose access to TikTok in less than a week, unless China green-lights a sale to what Congress has deemed a non-adversary of the United States — something China is unlikely to do but might.

Chinese officials are looking into selling the U.S. operations of TikTok to Elon Musk if the social media firm ultimately gets banned here, according to reports.

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.

The cracks between the tech broligarchs who are now flocking around Trump and the populist MAGA movement that launched him began to reveal themselves in late December when the provocateur Laura Loomer started attacking the H-1B visa, which facilitates the staffing of a significant portion of the tech industry.

If you are an avid TikTok user – or a creator who relies on the platform for income – here’s what you need to know to prepare for its upcoming ban in the U.S.

The US Supreme Court's decision to upheld the law banning TikTok have brought all eyes on the estimated worth of the social media company owned by Bytedance.