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I apparently don't follow the news on what they've been doing to Chinese companies. Do you have any links so that I can learn more?

FooBarWidget 6y ago
My favorite is Tom Fowdy on Twitter. Disclaimer: he leans towards pro China. Here is what he said two weeks ago about how much happened in the past two weeks. https://twitter.com/Tom_Fowdy/status/1285845346447499265 https://twitter.com/Tom_Fowdy/status/1285845346447499265 "As I noted a while ago, the US is on a roll announcing 2-3 anti-China measures a week. There has been one roughly every two days. It's just non-stop -Closes the Chinese consulate in Houston -Charges two nationals for hacking -Adds more companies to the entity list over Xinjiang -Bans federal contractors buying from Huawei -Ups ante in the South China sea -Blacklists officials -Removes Hong Kong's special status -Daily Cold War rhetoric from Pompeo -Restricts Chinese student visas -Ends fulbright scholar program Hong Kong -Contemplating banning TikTok Most of the above is in the past TWO WEEKS alone."
- jimmydorry 6y ago
  All of these were justified though: -Closes the Chinese consulate in Houston >Allegedly caught spying -Charges two nationals for hacking >Conducting justice shouldn't be seen as a deliberate attempt to increase tension -Adds more companies to the entity list over Xinjiang >Black listing companies involved in perpetuating genocide against the Uighurs doesn't seem controversial to me -Bans federal contractors buying from Huawei >National security -Ups ante in the South China sea >Allowing China to claim that region puts a substantial amount of trade in jeopardy, due to many established shipping routes going through there. China is the aggressor here, regardless of what the media tries to portray. -Blacklists officials >You need to be more specific, but I assume you are referring to more Uighur genocide related sanctions -Removes Hong Kong's special status >Following the terms of the Hong Kong special status trade agreement that hinges on it being a self-governed state. (It no longer is) -Daily Cold War rhetoric from Pompeo >Sabre rattling, but could be taken as aggressive action depending on whether Pompeo was talking about any of the points above. If so, then it's warranted. -Restricts Chinese student visas >The world is in lock-down. Even countries heavily reliant on chinese student spending, have temporarily restricted such visas. -Ends fulbright scholar program Hong Kong >Why continue such programs when the status of such a country changes? Those programs and trade agreements have to be renegotiated. -Contemplating banning TikTok >Reciprocal treatment of western social media. So far the first and only deliberate escalation of tensions against China, on this list. Justified... but certainly an escalation.
  - FooBarWidget 6y ago
    I am not expressing an opinion here on whether they are justified. Just that they happened.
whoevercares 6y ago
https://www.state.gov/announcing-the-expansion-of-the-clean-network-to-safeguard-americas-assets/ https://www.state.gov/announcing-the-expansion-of-the-clean-... Just wow
- igravious 6y ago
  Super duper Orwellian given what we know about the NSA, GCHQ, GCSB, CSE, ASD and other Five Eyes shenanigans from Snowden. edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes#Organisations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes#Organisations

FooBarWidget 6y ago

My favorite is Tom Fowdy on Twitter. Disclaimer: he leans towards pro China. Here is what he said two weeks ago about how much happened in the past two weeks. https://twitter.com/Tom_Fowdy/status/1285845346447499265 https://twitter.com/Tom_Fowdy/status/1285845346447499265 "As I noted a while ago, the US is on a roll announcing 2-3 anti-China measures a week. There has been one roughly every two days. It's just non-stop -Closes the Chinese consulate in Houston -Charges two nationals for hacking -Adds more companies to the entity list over Xinjiang -Bans federal contractors buying from Huawei -Ups ante in the South China sea -Blacklists officials -Removes Hong Kong's special status -Daily Cold War rhetoric from Pompeo -Restricts Chinese student visas -Ends fulbright scholar program Hong Kong -Contemplating banning TikTok Most of the above is in the past TWO WEEKS alone."

jimmydorry 6y ago
All of these were justified though: -Closes the Chinese consulate in Houston >Allegedly caught spying -Charges two nationals for hacking >Conducting justice shouldn't be seen as a deliberate attempt to increase tension -Adds more companies to the entity list over Xinjiang >Black listing companies involved in perpetuating genocide against the Uighurs doesn't seem controversial to me -Bans federal contractors buying from Huawei >National security -Ups ante in the South China sea >Allowing China to claim that region puts a substantial amount of trade in jeopardy, due to many established shipping routes going through there. China is the aggressor here, regardless of what the media tries to portray. -Blacklists officials >You need to be more specific, but I assume you are referring to more Uighur genocide related sanctions -Removes Hong Kong's special status >Following the terms of the Hong Kong special status trade agreement that hinges on it being a self-governed state. (It no longer is) -Daily Cold War rhetoric from Pompeo >Sabre rattling, but could be taken as aggressive action depending on whether Pompeo was talking about any of the points above. If so, then it's warranted. -Restricts Chinese student visas >The world is in lock-down. Even countries heavily reliant on chinese student spending, have temporarily restricted such visas. -Ends fulbright scholar program Hong Kong >Why continue such programs when the status of such a country changes? Those programs and trade agreements have to be renegotiated. -Contemplating banning TikTok >Reciprocal treatment of western social media. So far the first and only deliberate escalation of tensions against China, on this list. Justified... but certainly an escalation.
- FooBarWidget 6y ago
  I am not expressing an opinion here on whether they are justified. Just that they happened.

whoevercares 6y ago

https://www.state.gov/announcing-the-expansion-of-the-clean-network-to-safeguard-americas-assets/ https://www.state.gov/announcing-the-expansion-of-the-clean-... Just wow

igravious 6y ago
Super duper Orwellian given what we know about the NSA, GCHQ, GCSB, CSE, ASD and other Five Eyes shenanigans from Snowden. edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes#Organisations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes#Organisations