Addictiveness is a poor argument to use here because the hypocrisy will immediately be exposed. If that's the standard, why not take action against online gambl

Addictiveness is a poor argument to use here because the hypocrisy will immediately be exposed. If that's the standard, why not take action against online gambling, sports betting, etc? Aren't US-owned platforms also addictive? The best argument is reciprocity. China is largely a closed market to US companies. This is intentional policy by the CCP. the CCP dangles the 1B+ market to extract concessions from Western companies that I don't like (eg making movies more palatable to the CCP even released elsewhere). More importantly, Western companies will never "win" in China. It's Lucy and the football. The CCP will guarantee that doesn't happen. Trade is predicated to open and equal access to each other's markets. Obviously the reality isn't quite that but that's the starting principle: reciprocity. China is clearly not reciprocating the access Chinese companies have in the West and that's a good a reason as any to ban things like Tiktok. It's also justifiable. There's also the issue that Chinese companies are tools of the state without any adequate separation or rule of law to stop that in a way that just isn't true for US companies. But that's a lesser issue than the recipricoal trade issue.