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Plans to quickly complete a deal between the Chinese parent company of TikTok and suitors for the app’s U.S. operations have been thrown off track as the parties huddled over the weekend to weigh new Chinese restrictions that appear designed to affect a potential sale, according to people familiar with the discussions.

China late on Friday issued new restrictions on the export of artificial-intelligence technology that force ByteDance to slow down talks with companies including Microsoft, Walmart and Oracle.

The talks are far from being scuttled, but the latest developments do make clear that China plans to keep as close a watch on any potential deal as the Trump administration.

The new Chinese restrictions highlight the extent to which TikTok, a breakout social-media hit–especially with younger U.S. users–has been thrust into a geopolitical contest between the U.S. and China over the future of global technology.

China’s move to give the government a say in the outcome is an attempt to level the playing field with the U.S. and could affect other Chinese companies, some of the people said.

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As the pandemic has ravaged the United States, some Americans are finding that a second citizenship or permanent residency has a renewed appeal. Some see it as a kind of insurance policy, a way to ensure freedom of movement in the future.

There are two paths to acquiring a second passport that don’t require living or working abroad: spending a lot of money or proving that you have inherited an ancestor’s nationality.

Many countries offer residence visas to peaple who are invest in them, a type of program that is colloquially referred to as “The Golden Visa.” Families are considering eligibility costs, speed of application approval, and education and health care policies in the various countries. Freedom of movement is also important.

People who are born in United States are automatically citizens. In many other counties, nationality is passed from parents to their children. In terms of dual citizenship, this has meant people who are descendants of immigrants from some counties can claim citizenship in those counties if they can prove that the lineage has not been broken over a certain number of generations.

“The pandemic has created so much uncertainty that no one know what life will be like for the next 10 to 15 years. Where do I want to spend the rest of my life?” For Mr. Gallo, the answer is clear: Italy.