China

"President Trump has said 'enough.'"

"He will take action in the coming days with respect to a broad array of national security risks that are presented by software connected to the Chinese Communist Party."

U.S. officials have said TikTok under its Chinese parent poses a national risk because of the personal data it handles.

China rejected on Friday charges.

Chinese government-linked hackers targeted biotech company Moderna Inc, a leading U.S.-based coronavirus vaccine research developer.

"We see the Chinese Communist Party for what it is: the central threat of our times."

"This is not just about an attack on one federal agency."

"President Nixon once said he feared he had created a 'Frankenstein' by opening the world to the CCP."

"There are no illusions about restoring relations back to the good old days."

"We are setting out clear expectations for how the Chinese Communist party is going to behave."

"The administration be willing to work with China."

"I think TikTok is going to pull out of the holding company which is China-run and operate as an independent American company."

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said earlier such action by the United States, if true, would be "pathetic."

"I feel good about the projected timetable."

"In no way has he taken anything off the table."

"No special privileges, no special economic treatment and no export of sensitive technologies."

"A high turnout will send a very strong signal to the international community, that we Hong Kongers never give up."

The state department also did not say what prompted the security alert.

"They have gone, they are in the air now, they are the advance party that is to work out the scope."

The United States will leave the WHO on July 6, 2021.