Chinese government officials are reportedly mulling selling TikTok's US operations to Elon Musk to avoid a complete ban in the country.

Chinese officials are reportedly considering selling the U.S. operations of TikTok to X owner Elon Musk. Chinese officials are still hoping for ByteDance to keep full ownership of the company, but some view a sale to Musk as preferable to a ban,

The owners behind TikTok and other Chinese officials are debating what to do in the event that the U.S. Supreme Court upholds a law that would force a sale or ban TikTok in the U.S. Things are looking like they might be ruled that way,

TikTok has said reports it could sell its US business to X owner Elon Musk are “pure fiction”. According to Bloomberg News, officials in China – the home of TikTok’s parent firm ByteDance – are weighing up a possible sale to the billionaire X owner if it can not overturn an impending US ban.

Chinese officials are reportedly exploring a scenario where Elon Musk could acquire the US operations of TikTok if the short-video app fails to overcome a looming ban in the United States. While Beijing’s preferred outcome is for TikTok to remain under the ownership of its parent company,

A claim that China considered selling TikTok’s U.S. operations to Elon Musk ignited online debates, though TikTok dismissed it as fiction.