Lot of posts about the economic effects of this. From my armchair this looks to be political more than economic. China wants to be in control of how their citiz

Lot of posts about the economic effects of this. From my armchair this looks to be political more than economic. China wants to be in control of how their citizens communicate. They don't trust Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg or any of the US government. Letting their citizens chat on an encrypted channel made by a foreign "superpower" seems disingenuous. It's not as if Americans are going to boycott Chinese goods, so I don't see any direct loss for China here.