A man cycles past tencent, the parent company of chinese social media giant wechat (credit: Aig is riding several waves at once: Global Social Media Prism 2017/2018 // Social Networks The united states is looking at banning chinese social media apps, including tiktok, secretary of state mike pompeo said monday. Chinese based social media apps . Secretary of state mike pompeo said the u.s. The executive orders, which rely on the president’s authority under the international emergency economic powers act (ieepa) and the national emergencies act,. Persons from engaging in transactions with the parent companies of chinese social media apps tiktok and wechat. Today, it was announced that the u.s. 3 chinese social media trends. It was founded in 2013 by fan lin with its headquarters in beijing. After short videos, live streaming is the next big thing in the chinese social media world. (shutterstock via cnn) by cnn.com wire service And the surge of interest in gamified, ...