TikTok was never going to be treated equally to American platforms. The US propensity to regard anything China-related with suspicion will make life much harder for Chinese living in the US.
Chinese-Americans in Texas are protesting over a proposed bill that would prevent them from owning property in the state on grounds of ‘national security’. The law has nothing to do with security and everything to do with anti-Asian racism, which is deeply embedded in US history.