This week on TikTok: China’s gold mines attacked, Xi’s Russia visit, and the TikTok ban

Video

Want more like this? Subscribe to The China Project's official TikTok channel, The China Project, where Susan St.Denis explains complex topics about China clearly and simply in TikTok’s fast evolving visual and verbal language.

Susan St.Denis

Illustration by Nadya Yeh for The China Project

@thechinaproject

#greenscreen The attack has brought attention to some of China’s other struggles in the region #news #politics #africa #centralafricanrepublic #mining #gold #fyp

♬ Breaking News Background Music (Basic A)(1001538) – LEOPARD

@thechinaproject

#greenscreen The strongmen of China and Russia talked, but what was it about and has their relationship changed? #russia #putin #ukraine #news #fyp #foryoupage #politics

♬ 4 minutes Song Okinawa Relax – Quetzal BGM

@thechinaproject

#greenscreenvideo #greenscreen TikTok’s CEO endured over five hours of hostile questioning on Thursday in his first appearance before Congress. Was his testimony enough to keep TikTok from being banned? #tiktok #tiktokban #politics #news #fyp #foryoupage #congress

♬ Frolic (Theme from “Curb Your Enthusiasm” TV Show) – Luciano Michelini

 

Susan St.Denis is The China Project’s TikTok editor and flow manager. She has a Bachelor’s in Communication from the University of North Florida, concentrating in production and journalism, and a Master’s in Asian Studies from Florida International University. Read more

Suggested for you

Politics & Current Affairs

Xi and Albanese meet in Beijing

Nadya Yeh
Politics & Current Affairs

‘Lived in frustration, and died in vain’ — Phrase of the Week

Andrew Methven

China’s crackdown on data ensnares ‘foreign-related’ weather stations

Nadya Yeh

The Age of Not Obvious: Going back to China in September 2023

Kevin Xu

Why does Zelenskyy accept China’s ‘neutrality’?

Vita Golod

Chinese military leaders talk tough on U.S. and Taiwan but offer small olive branch

Eduardo Jaramillo