The United States' "bullying" of Chinese tech companies was a consequence of Washington's zero-sum vision of "American first" and left China no choice but "submission or mortal combat in the tech realm", the state-backed paper said in an editorial.
China had "plenty of ways to respond if the administration carries out its planned smash and grab", it added.
Microsoft Corp <MSFT.O> said on Monday it was in talks with ByteDance to buy parts of TikTok after U.S. President Donald Trump reversed course on a plan to ban the app on national security grounds and gave the firms 45 days to strike a deal.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said over the weekend that Trump would take action shortly against Chinese software companies that shared user data with the Chinese government.
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Trump wants a cut of the sale. What kind of BS it that. Will the same apply to any other companies that get bought.
If the sale doesn't happen then there will be a giant temper tantrum when some restrictions hit.