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- Beijing is not reacting kindly to US efforts that could ban TikTok.
- A Chinese foreign-ministry spokesperson said the effort would "eventually backfire on the US itself."
- China faces a growing bipartisan US consensus that has coarsened relations between the countries.
Beijing remains defiant in the face of renewed congressional efforts that would force TikTok's Chinese parent company to divest its holdings in the popular app.