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I have often seen there are heavy implicit bias from USA based journalists/blogs when reporting non-us based companies. More so when reporting Chinese companies

• gtirloni 7y ago
  Large doesn't mean ethical. There's that giant firewall, the backdoors, etc.
  • krageon 7y ago
    Let's not play this particular blame-game. The ethics (or lack thereof) of the administration of China is not where this bias comes from.
    • justicezyx 7y ago
      > The ethics (or lack thereof) of the administration of China is not where this bias comes from. How so?
  • pavs 7y ago
    Seriously? https://mashable.com/2014/06/05/edward-snowden-revelations/ https://mashable.com/2014/06/05/edward-snowden-revelations/
    • gtirloni 7y ago
      One doesn't justify the other. Otherwise we're lowering the bar instead raising it.
      • pavs 7y ago
        Yet, it's convenient to point it out every time a Chinese company is mentioned in any context. But not so much when a company from the US does it. Let me ask you a question, name me a company that is the in the top 100 largest company in the world - that you would consider ethical?
        • concert-gilled 7y ago
          The United States doesn't harvest the organs of prisoners.
          • pavs 7y ago
            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unethical_human_experimentation_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unethical_human_experimentatio... https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/torture/secret-cia-document-shows-plan-test-drugs-prisoners https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/torture/secret-c...
            • gtirloni 7y ago
              This is a waste of time. Both "sides" have done terrible things and, again, one doesn't justify the other. We shouldn't cut these companies any Slack... be it Huawei, Uber, whatever.
  • brynjolf 7y ago
    Just like the NSA and Cisco do...
    • close04 7y ago
      Those aren't back doors. They're front doors for democracy and freedom. [/s] We can't expect media to be entirely neutral. Both sides will tend to focus almost exclusively on their own achievements and the other's failures and mistakes in order to maintain the balance. It may be a good idea to read both sides and then "average out".
  • toxik 7y ago
    Huawei has been caught doing corporate espionage many times, and treating its employees poorly. It’s always such an uphill battle to get people to realize that competition with China is different from democratic countries. It’s easier to believe that it’s just racism and bigotry than it is to accept that Chinese companies compete on uneven footing.
    • pavs 7y ago
      >Huawei has been caught doing corporate espionage many times, and treating its employees poorly Lets remove Huawei with Uber. Uber accused of espionage, bribery and hacking by former employee: https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/15/uber-accused-of-espionage-bribery-and-hacking-by-former-employee/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/15/uber-accused-of-espionage-... "I am an Uber employee and I support the drivers’ strikes.": https://boingboing.net/2019/03/27/i-am-an-uber-employee-and-i.html https://boingboing.net/2019/03/27/i-am-an-uber-employee-and-...
      • bad_user 7y ago
        Have you seen Uber being cut any slack here in Hacker News? Or in the press at large for that matter. I haven't.
    • LunaSea 7y ago
      I absolutely agree but if you think that the US companies are fighting fairly then you are sorely mistaken. The US government and judicial system routinely interfere to give advantages and sometimes outright eliminate competitors to American companies. A very good example is the way the acquisition of Alstom by GE was delivered.
      • jeffusan1234 7y ago
        Another example is how the US government and Microsoft effectively killed off japanese competition from their TRON operating system (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRON_project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRON_project).
  • ETHisso2017 7y ago
    Cisco built the Great Firewall. Huawei just maintains it.