Following U.S. President Donald Trump's approval of a deal that could keep TikTok alive in the U.S. on Thursday, China has remained conspicuously quiet — a notable silence as Beijing still can ultimately decide the app's fate.

Chinese state media remained silent about the deal, while social media discussion was limited. One state-affiliated Weibo account cited a Fudan University professor, who described the agreement as a "win-win" for both countries.

During the signing of an executive order on the deal, Trump said that he had "gotten the go ahead" from Chinese President Xi Jinping.

No representatives from ByteDance were present at the signing, and ByteDance and the Chinese Embassy in Singapore did not respond to CNBC's requests for comments.

Meanwhile, certain details of the deal re

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