Earlier this week, reports emerged that China’s rulers viewed the world’s richest person and Donald Trump’s informal adviser Elon Musk as a suitable buyer of TikTok, which will be banned in ...

The Tesla and X CEO's commercial interests in China have come under increased scrutiny since he was picked to head DOGE.

Still, there are logical reasons why Musk, ByteDance and China might all find it in their best interests to facilitate a sale of TikTok’s assets to the X owner. ByteDance may simply want to earn ...

ByteDance and many in the Chinese business sector have a positive view of Musk in general. They see him as a successful entrepreneur and one with significant business interests in China.

Elon Musk has objected to a lack of reciprocity in the US-China tech relationship, a rare criticism from the billionaire on issues sensitive to Beijing after US president-elect Donald Trump ...