Is TikTok pushing Taiwan’s younger folks nearer to China? | FT #shorts

There are indications that, amongst younger folks, Taiwan’s decades-old pattern in the direction of an ever stronger nationwide identification separate from China is likely to be going into reverse. For Taiwanese social scientists, one of many predominant causes is TikTok, the controversial Chinese social media app that has amassed greater than 1bn month-to-month energetic customers worldwide.

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