‘I’m Singaporean’: TikTok CEO grilled by US Senator repeatedly about ties with China

So you said today as you often say that you live in Singapore of what nation are you a citizen Singapore are you a citizen of any other Nation no Sena have you ever applied for Chinese citizenship Sena I serve my nation in Singapore no I did not do you have a Singaporean

Passport yes and I served my military for two and a half years in Singapore do you have any other do you have any other passports from any other nations no sen your wife is an American citizen your children are American citizens that’s correct have you ever for American citizenship not no not yet

Okay have you ever been a member of the Chinese Communist Party Senator I’m Singaporean no have you ever been Associated or affiliated with the Chinese Communist party no Senator again I’m Singaporean let me ask you some hopefully simple questions

US senator Tom Cotton repeatedly asked TikTok’s Singaporean chief Shou Zi Chew about his ties with China and if he had ever belonged to the Chinese Communist party during a hearing over alleged online harms to children.

It was the first appearance by Chew before lawmakers in the US since March, when the Chinese-owned short video app company faced harsh questions, including some suggesting the app was damaging children’s mental health and that user data could be passed on to China’s government.

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24 comments

  3. Oh how I wished we can paste the world map here in the comments! you know.. to educate some 'senator'… 😉

  5. Im mean the comments are roasting the guy who shouldnt be a senator, but just cause tgis guy happt care free look i still thing hes working with china.

  6. What a joke the fact that he had to kept emphasing the point that he’s singaporean like five times yet the senator couldn’t understand simple English

  9. he wasnt grilled, the senator just embarrassed himself. this was supposed to be a hearing where we could get real answers and they wasted it

  17. love how he’s secretly tryna ask the question but then just goes full on mask off and asks him at the end, what a buffoon 😂

  20. I don't know who that guy (right side of the video) sitting behind Shou Chew is but look at his expression at 0:35 😭💀 He looks fed up. I wonder what was going on in his mind then.

  23. Senator: Are you Chinese?
    CEO: I am Singaporean
    Senator: Do you have a Chinese passport?
    CEO: I have Singaporean passport.
    Senator: Do you use Huawei mobile phone?
    CEO: No, i have an iPhone.
    Senator: Do you use chopsticks to eat food
    CEO: Yes
    Senator: He is Chinese. Arrest him.

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