All algorithms are monitored by Oracle such that only user actions can determine what they see.
So, unless you're claiming that "Oracle" is actively colluding with China, you're letting your worldview be defined by government propaganda.
The Pro-Palestine thing that TikTok refused to suppress at US Gov's command, is not "China promoting Eastern causes", it's "Americans" taking a position that the government wants suppressed.
Thus Biden being forced to cave and at least pretend that he cared about Palestinians towards the end of his Presidency... Which he stopped caring about once Democrats had lost and it no longer mattered what Democrat voters think for the time being.