> The Beijing government can tell the TikTok management, "give us all your data" and they will have to do it.
Citation needed
Citation needed
https://www.chinalawtranslate.com/en/2015nsl/#_Toc423592316
> Article 11: Citizens of the People's Republic of China, all state organs and armed forces, each political parties and mass organization, enterprises, public institutions and other social organizations, all have the responsibility and obligation to preserve national security.
> Article 77: Citizens and organizations shall perform the following obligations to preserve national security:
> (4) Providing conditions to facilitate national security efforts and other assistance;
> (5) Providing public security organs, state security organs or relevant military organs with necessary support and assistance;
> (7) Other duties provided by law or administrative regulations.
> Article 79: Enterprises, public institutions, and organizations shall cooperate with relevant departments in employing relevant security measures as required by national security efforts.
Chinese government has a seat on the board and there is a law that requires all Chinese companies provide data if queried (this sounds highly similar to U.S. national security laws).