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IN-DEPTH: Biden’s World Bank Pick Has Ties to Chinese Company That Owns TikTok

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IN-DEPTH: Biden’s World Bank Pick Has Ties to Chinese Company That Owns TikTok
Ajay S. Banga, then president and CEO of Mastercard USA, attends the India Economic Summit in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 5, 2017. Money Sharma/AFP via Getty Images
Jackson Richman
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President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the World Bank has business links with China.

Ajay Banga is currently the vice chairman at General Atlantic, a major investor of ByteDance. ByteDance is the Chinese company that owns TikTok, an app that has drawn heightened security concerns over its ties with the Chinese Communist Party.

Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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