{"id":14197,"date":"2025-10-30T13:22:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T11:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/china-has-approved-tiktok-transfer-deal-us-treasury-chief\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:51","slug":"china-has-approved-tiktok-transfer-deal-us-treasury-chief","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/china-has-approved-tiktok-transfer-deal-us-treasury-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"China has approved TikTok transfer deal: US Treasury Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bessent added that he expects it to move forward in the coming weeks and months, but gave no other details.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Sec. Scott Bessent reveals President Trump has FINALIZED a TIKTOK agreement with CHINA<\/p>\n<p>Q: &#8220;Will China resolve any issues related to TikTok operating in the United States?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>BESSENT: &#8220;We finalized the TikTok agreement. They terms of getting Chinese approval, I would\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jEgF6HANNZ\">pic.twitter.com\/jEgF6HANNZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Patriot Oasis\u2122 (@ThePatriotOasis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThePatriotOasis\/status\/1983865696149733874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In Kuala Lumpur, we finalised the TikTok agreement in terms of getting Chinese approval, and I would expect that would go forward in the coming weeks and months, and we&#8217;ll finally see a resolution to that,&#8221; he told <em>Fox Business Network<\/em> following President Donald Trump&#8217;s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s Commerce Ministry said in a statement earlier on Thursday that China would properly handle TikTok-related issues with the US.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-14197","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"China has approved the transfer agreement for the short video app TikTok, United States (US) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday. ","published_date":null,"news_description":"China has approved the transfer agreement for the short video app TikTok, United States (US) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday. ","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18967,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14197\/revisions\/18967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=14197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}