TikTok母公司字节跳动拟将权力核心移出中国
Reuters Staff
路透北京/纽约/华盛顿5月28日 - 据几位熟悉规划的消息人士称，在全球紧张关系升级之际，抖音短视频海外版TikTok的中资所有人计划将权力核心移出中国，挖角华特迪士尼高管Kevin Mayer担任TikTok执行长，正是该战略的重要组成部分。 6park.com
消息人士对路透表示，近几个月来，TikTok母公司字节跳动(ByteDance)悄悄采取了一系列举措，将全球决策和研发移出中国。 6park.com
消息人士称，该策略不仅仅针对TikTok，也针对字节跳动所有非中国业务。这些业务也包括社交网络应用Helo等印度子公司。 6park.com
据三位消息人士称，字节跳动已经扩大了TikTok在加州山景城的工程和研发业务。其中一人表示，抖音在那里雇用了150多名工程师。 6park.com
据两位消息人士称，字节跳动还聘请了一位驻纽约的投资者关系主管，以保持与包括泛大西洋资本集团(General Atlantic)和KKR在内的主要投资者的联系，这些关系此前都是通过北京方面来管理的。 6park.com
新任投资者关系主管Michelle Huang是前软银投资者，曾负责软银在字节跳动的投资工作。Michelle Huang并未立即回复置评请求。 6park.com
时值美中关系因贸易、科技和COVID-19疫情而益发紧张，此外，美国监管当局也加强审查TikTok。TikTok在全球迅速广受欢迎，并把美国视为其最大市场之一。 6park.com
三位消息人士表示，Mayer也将负责全球企业开发等领域。根据三位消息人士，他的很多职权原本是由北京办公室在管理。 6park.com
此外线上招聘广告显示，字节跳动也正从全球招募工程师，其中包括在新加坡、雅加达和华沙。 6park.com
三位消息人士告诉路透，字节跳动在中国的一些员工对这些重大变动忧心忡忡。他们忧心在下一阶段扩张中可能会变得无关紧要，所以已开始另觅他职。(完) 6park.com
编译 汪红英/李婷仪；审校 陈宗琦/张荻 6park.com
Exclusive: Trump to give TikTok's Chinese owner 45 days 
to reach deal to sell - sources
Greg Roumeliotis, Echo Wang
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump has agreed to give China’s ByteDance 45 days to negotiate a sale of popular short-video app TikTok to Microsoft Corp, two people familiar with the matter said on Sunday. 6park.com
U.S. officials have said TikTok under its Chinese parent poses a national risk because of the personal data it handles. Trump said on Friday he was planning to ban TikTok in the United States after dismissing the idea of a sale to Microsoft. 6park.com
But following a discussion between Trump and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, the Redwood, Washington-based company said in a statement that it would continue negotiations to acquire TikTok from ByteDance, and that it aimed to reach a deal by Sept. 15. 6park.com
It was not immediately clear what changed Trump’s mind. Several prominent Republican lawmakers put out statements in the last two days urging him to back a sale of TikTok to Microsoft. 6park.com
The negotiations between ByteDance and Microsoft will be overseen by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, a U.S. government panel that has the right to block any agreement, according to the sources, who requested anonymity ahead of a White House announcement. 6park.com
“Microsoft fully appreciates the importance of addressing the President’s concerns. It is committed to acquiring TikTok subject to a complete security review and providing proper economic benefits to the United States, including the United States Treasury,” Microsoft said in a statement. 6park.com
ByteDance and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment. 6park.com
Under the proposed deal, Microsoft said it would take over TikTok’s operations in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It said it would ensure that all private data of TikTok’s American users is transferred to and remains in the United States. 6park.com
Microsoft may invite other American investors to acquire minority stakes in TikTok, the company added. About 70% of ByteDance investors come from the United States. 6park.com
Reporting by Greg Roumeliotis and Echo Wang in New York; Additional reporting by David Shepardson, Peter Schroeder and Alexandra Alper in Washington, D.C.; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Dan Grebler
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