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I will be here to remind folks when US bans TikTok that china did it long ago
Chinese TikTok is Douyin & it's not banned there. They wouldn't ban something that they can use for control or else WeChat wouldn't exist now.
You completely missed what I was referring to. China already banned most of US apps and websites. Some never even were allowed at the start. Like Twitter, Google, Facebook. They blocked those and just ripped them off (copied) for their own. They also have different version of TikTok as you said. Wonder why
You cannot access contents in tiktok in douyin, nor is tiktok.com accessible in China, which can be tested here: https://www.comparitech.com/privacy-security-tools/blockedinchina/
Hence I believe it is reasonable to say tiktok is blocked in China.