Within four years of its launch, TikTok has become the most popular social networking platform in the world, by only allowing users to create and watch short videos. While the platform’s popularity has only increased over time, TikTok, like anything online, has also received criticism over its privacy policies and user data.

The app has received so much bad press that India has banned it, along with a bunch of other Chinese apps, and the US is expected to follow suit. If you’re worried about the future of TikTok and still want to keep using it, you might want to switch to Chinese TikTok. The following post will help you understand what Chinese TikTok is and how to use it on your phone.

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Chinese TikTok is the Chinese version of the popular short-video sharing platform, otherwise known as Douyin. Douyin, also developed by TikTok’s parent company Bytedance, is the Chinese version of the video-sharing service, made for use due to China’s controlled online environment. Simply put, Douyin is the official version of TikTok in China, while the platform adopts the ‘TikTok’ brand outside of China.