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Tensions between China and the West are rising, as the United States House of Representatives passes a bill offering TikTok's owner ByteDance an ultimatum.
The company has six months to divest the US assets of the social media app, or face a ban.
Meanwhile China's cancellation of the premier's annual post-parliament press conference is causing concern.
The 30-year tradition is one of the rare opportunities where journalists there can ask questions.
Ed White is a correspondent for the Financial Times, based in Shanghai.