Gueorguiev Quoted in CNN Business Article on China Selling TikTok to Elon Musk
January 17, 2025
CNN
The bipartisan law requires China-based TikTok owner ByteDance to divest itself of the company by Sunday, Jan. 19, the day before President-elect Donald Trump is to take office.
According to several reports, Chinese officials—who are expected to have some say over whether and how TikTok’s U.S assets could be sold to an American buyer—are discussing a possible option that involves selling at least a portion of the U.S. version of the app to Elon Musk’s X.
Musk’s “significant financial resources, established business ties in China through Tesla, and prominence in the social media industry via X make him a potential candidate for brokering a deal acceptable to multiple stakeholders,” says Dimitar Gueorguiev, associate professor of political science.
Read more in the CNN Business article, “Why China may be OK with TikTok selling to Elon Musk.”
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