China mulls potential sale of TikTok's US operations to Elon Musk — reports

Under one scenario, Mr Musk's social media platform X, formerly Twitter, would take control of TikTok US

China's government has a "golden share" in ByteDance, which several members of the US Congress have said gives the government power over TikTok. Picture: AP

Chinese officials are in preliminary talks about a potential option to sell TikTok's operations in the United States to billionaire Elon Musk, should the short-video app be unable to avoid an impending ban, Bloomberg News reported on Monday.

Beijing officials prefer that TikTok remains under the control of parent Bytedance, the report said, citing sources.