Explainer: Microsoft's TikTok bid spotlights Windows maker's history with China

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SHANGHAI: Microsoft Corp has emerged as the most likely buyer of the U.S. operations of TikTok, the popular Chinese short-video app that U.S.

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A deal would be in line with Microsoft's stance toward China where the firm has a sizeable presence - unlike fellow U.S. tech heavyweights such as Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google which appear to have given up on China's consumer-facing market with its miscellany of government strictures.The country accounts for over US$2 billion in annual revenue, Microsoft President Brad Smith said earlier this year.

Its most important China operation is arguably the Microsoft Research Asia, famous as a leader in artificial intelligence . In 2019, free speech advocates criticised LinkedIn's position on censorship after human rights activist Zhou Fengsuo said his profile was not viewable in China. LinkedIn blamed an"error" and restored its visibility.

The same year, the government called on all agencies to ban the purchase of Windows 8 citing security reasons.

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