It is very odd. If there was any truth to the story, I wouldn't expect such strong denial from apple and amazon. There has been a noticable uptick in anti-chin

It is very odd. If there was any truth to the story, I wouldn't expect such strong denial from apple and amazon. There has been a noticable uptick in anti-chinese news lately, particularly on business oriented news ( cnbc, bloomberg, fox business, et al ). Obviously some elements of the government or power structure has instructed them to do so. But why? Also, if the IC wanted to put pressure on tech companies, wouldn't they just contact apple and amazon directly. Maybe there is a rift within the IC with one group being pro-china and another being anti-china? Or is the IC and news companies done targeting social media tech companies and switching their attention to regular tech companies? Just have to wait and see.