The spectacle of the US Congress grilling TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on March 23 could one day be remembered as a turning point in the history of globalisation.
Over five hours of aggressive questioning, Mr Chew – who is not Chinese but Singaporean – did a magnificent job defending his company’s Chinese ownership in the face of Congress’s limited understanding of the tech world.
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Kenneth Rogoff is a former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund and professor of economics and public policy at Harvard University.
