Commentary TikTok has beat Google as the most visited site globally in 2021. The trend that short videos have become popular substitutes for books raises concern. According to Cloudflare, TikTok topped the list for the first time in February this year, and has remained ranking first since August. Zhang Yihe, a renowned Chinese author, told The Epoch Times, “In terms of access to and transfer of knowledge and information, this is great. But when it comes to the passing down of cultural heritage, it’s very worrying. All of our traditional culture and its precious cultural heritage will be lost.” TikTok is a social media platform that enables users to view and share short videos from 15 seconds to 3 minutes, and is owned and operated by ByteDance. TikTok was launched in May 2017 and became one of the fastest-growing social media apps in the world. It attracts people with its …