It's the only way to be a Chinese company and have a international audience. Douyin fully complies with Chinese regulators (i.e. censors) while TikTok is conten

It's the only way to be a Chinese company and have a international audience. Douyin fully complies with Chinese regulators (i.e. censors) while TikTok is content managed separately. It's the same reason why the wechat that exists in the Chinese internet is different from the international wechat.