By Nicholas Gordon

By Nicholas Gordon Asia Editor

Nicholas Gordon Asia Editor

Nicholas Gordon is an Asia editor based in Hong Kong, where he helps to drive Fortune ’s coverage of Asian business and economics news. SEE FULL BIO

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Tiktok’s logo was all over the October Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea, perhaps the region’s most important diplomatic get-together. Videos touted the social media platform’s ability to elevate creators, while an exhibition booth played a constant stream of short videos. TikTok executives onstage highlighted the billions of dollars its platform generates in Asia and promised to build “a trusted digital ecosystem.” Delegates got a TikTok-branded baseball cap as part of their swag bag. TikTok creators, at a priva

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