It's curious how when certain countries or topics come up, you invariably get the same comments. China, Russia or even elon musk, there must be a standard templ

It's curious how when certain countries or topics come up, you invariably get the same comments. China, Russia or even elon musk, there must be a standard template somewhere... > The Chinese art of selectively enforcing their laws to the detriment of those that won't play ball with the government really makes it hard to believe Xi's press-tornado of successful anti-corruption measures. It's not a "chinese" art. It's every government's art. All governments selectively enforce laws. > The government has been actively extorting international companies into "joint" ventures. That's called business, not extortion. Otherwise, everyone is extorting everyone. You do realize that all governments "extort" companies in return for access to their home markets right? > These ventures essentially require "treats" (as an insider told me) every several months. "Insider" told you. Right. Because you are a very important person. That the chinese government force foreign governments to form joint ventures and to share knowledge is a well known as it has been reported widely for decades. > China's current long-term strategy seems to be: That's the strategy of every country - especially every major nation. No major nation is keen of being dependent on a foreign nation.