TikTok row: China hits out at US 'smash and grab' as tech dispute deepens

Foreign affairs spokesman accuses US of hypocrisy and editorial in state-run newspaper decries choice between submission at mortal combat'

The US has offered China the choice of submission or mortal combat in the tech realm", state media in Beijing have said, as the two rival powers manoeuvred on the thorny issue of splitting up TikTok.

The popular video-sharing app has joined Huawei to become a technology flashpoint, with Chinese officials and media rushing to defend it following Donald Trump's threat of a US ban.