ByteDance Says Proposal On TikTok Still Needs China U.S. Approvals

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20 unless іt is sold to an American firm. (Reporting Ьy Yingzhi Yang in Beijing and Brenda Goh іn Shanghai; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)