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Not really. ByteDance is based in Singapore. They can sell it to whoever they like, but most of their operations are based in China and even if they could be sold, who in their right mind would buy that? Because it doesn’t solve the real issue - 100,000 employees in China is a dead end for any acquirer.



> ByteDance is based in Singapore.

Is it? Wikipedia seems to disagree:

> ByteDance Ltd. is a Chinese internet technology company headquartered in Haidian, Beijing and incorporated in the Cayman Islands.

The only mention of Singapore is in reference to launching a music service there.

Do you have information you can reference that isn't available in the Wikipedia article?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance




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