forced sale
Noun
Meaning
a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation
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China’s media outlets called the US a “rogue country” and called the forced sale “theft of a Chinese Technology company.”
The path towards a sale of TikTok has eerie echoes of the forced sale of LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr by Kunlun Technology to an American company earlier this year following a similar investigation.
China opposes a forced sale of TikTok’s operations in the U.S. and would rather see the popular video app shut down, Reuters reported Friday, citing three people with direct knowledge of the matter.