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Tech Founders Leave Companies Amid China’s Private Sector Crackdown

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Tech Founders Leave Companies Amid China’s Private Sector Crackdown
The logo of Chinese video app TikTok is seen on the side of the company's new office space at the C3 campus on August 11, 2020 in Culver City, California. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images
Kathleen Li
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Chinese private tech giants are reacting after three tech companies saw their founders and CEOs quit companies.
Zhang Yiming, the founder of TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, announced his resignation as ByteDance CEO in May. ByteDance in November said Zhang had completed the job transition and officially stepped down. 
Kathleen Li
Kathleen Li
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Kathleen Li has contributed to The Epoch Times since 2009 and focuses on China-related topics. She is an engineer, chartered in civil and structural engineering in Australia.
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