Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) on Wednesday tried to pin down TikTok CEO Shou Chew for ties to the Chinese Communist Party — despite the fact that he is not even from China. During a Senate hearing about the societal impacts of social media, Cotton asked the executive about his history working as chief financial officer for Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi, and he acknowledged that he worked in Beijing for around five years while at that particular job. After asking questions about economic sanctions that Xiaomi faced last decade for allegedly being a Chinese military company, Cotton then questi…