BEIJING, SAN FRANCISCO • More than two decades of efforts by Microsoft to put down roots in China may soon bring a partial payoff, if it succeeds in steering through the purchase of TikTok's United States business.
But as relations between the US and China continue to deteriorate, the software company's long-term bet on the Chinese market is also facing its most uncertain period yet.
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