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Meng Wanzhou’s Arrest Exposes China’s World Domination Plot

20 points by Trisell 8y ago

mark_l_watson 8y ago
I don’t like being critical, I will usually just be quiet when I don’t like something. But, this article is so over the top. Every first world country would like to achieve something like ‘world domination’ in tech. In addition to China, how about discussing USA, UK, Korea, Japan, Rusia, France, Germany, etc.? All countries want to come in first in the race for AGI, quantum computing, drastically cheaper renewable energy, etc. I found the article to be rich in hysteria.
- geezerjay 8y ago
  Your comment makes no sense. First you acknowledge that everyone does it, but then you assert that the article is "rich in hysteria". So, which one is which? If anything, the article makes it quite clear that the US feels threatened by China, and Huawei is used to inplement a strategy of global domination that actually poses a real and credible threat to the US's dominance, to the point that the article quite literally addresses that concern. That isn't the case with "UK, Korea, Japan, Rusia, France, Germany, etc.", isn't it?
  - mark_l_watson 8y ago
    I was saying that we have more than one technical competitor and also that the news media seems to go all-hype, covering one or a few stories instead of more broad spectrum. For me, PBS news is the best model: cover a broad range of stories. The article covered just one competitor, and I stand by my ‘rich in hysteria’ comment. Also, completion from China, Europe, etc. is in general a good thing in my opinion. Do you like the current ‘one big story’, let’s beat it into the ground style news coverage? Just curious. Anyway, my opinion is that this article is awful.
RileyJames 8y ago
> The two Chinese characters that make up Huawei’s name literally mean, “To Serve China.” That’s clear enough, isn’t it? Interesting, but I doubt it’s a conspiracy in plain site. Could anyone elaborate any further? Is serve in this context “do the bidding of” or “provide service to”. Since it’s a cell phone / technology company.. cell service is exactly what it provides..
- GauntletWizard 8y ago
  It's a cookbook!
- zmchenaustin 8y ago
  Huawei 华为, means China did it. Reading it backward 为华 might mean what you said. Please do not confuse the two. So Huawei’s litera meaning is an expression of pride rather than what you said.
Proven 8y ago
Accurate article
strikelaserclaw 8y ago
We Americans love our world domination (Militarily, culturally, economically), why wouldn't other countries not want the same?. Especially a country like china with a culture of success which goes back thousands of years. With all that being said, i certainly would never want China to dominate the world. Last thing i want in America is a culture that is so damn deferential to authority.

20 points by Trisell 8y ago

I don’t like being critical, I will usually just be quiet when I don’t like something. But, this article is so over the top. Every first world country would like to achieve something like ‘world domination’ in tech. In addition to China, how about discussing USA, UK, Korea, Japan, Rusia, France, Germany, etc.? All countries want to come in first in the race for AGI, quantum computing, drastically cheaper renewable energy, etc. I found the article to be rich in hysteria.

geezerjay 8y ago
Your comment makes no sense. First you acknowledge that everyone does it, but then you assert that the article is "rich in hysteria". So, which one is which? If anything, the article makes it quite clear that the US feels threatened by China, and Huawei is used to inplement a strategy of global domination that actually poses a real and credible threat to the US's dominance, to the point that the article quite literally addresses that concern. That isn't the case with "UK, Korea, Japan, Rusia, France, Germany, etc.", isn't it?
- mark_l_watson 8y ago
  I was saying that we have more than one technical competitor and also that the news media seems to go all-hype, covering one or a few stories instead of more broad spectrum. For me, PBS news is the best model: cover a broad range of stories. The article covered just one competitor, and I stand by my ‘rich in hysteria’ comment. Also, completion from China, Europe, etc. is in general a good thing in my opinion. Do you like the current ‘one big story’, let’s beat it into the ground style news coverage? Just curious. Anyway, my opinion is that this article is awful.

RileyJames 8y ago

> The two Chinese characters that make up Huawei’s name literally mean, “To Serve China.” That’s clear enough, isn’t it? Interesting, but I doubt it’s a conspiracy in plain site. Could anyone elaborate any further? Is serve in this context “do the bidding of” or “provide service to”. Since it’s a cell phone / technology company.. cell service is exactly what it provides..

GauntletWizard 8y ago
It's a cookbook!
zmchenaustin 8y ago
Huawei 华为, means China did it. Reading it backward 为华 might mean what you said. Please do not confuse the two. So Huawei’s litera meaning is an expression of pride rather than what you said.

Proven 8y ago

Accurate article

strikelaserclaw 8y ago

We Americans love our world domination (Militarily, culturally, economically), why wouldn't other countries not want the same?. Especially a country like china with a culture of success which goes back thousands of years. With all that being said, i certainly would never want China to dominate the world. Last thing i want in America is a culture that is so damn deferential to authority.