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> China doesn’t allow many western companies to operate in China. This is simply false, yet it gets repeated on every discussion about China. Western companie
by DiogenesKynikos 6y ago
> China doesn’t allow many western companies to operate in China.
This is simply false, yet it gets repeated on every discussion about China.
Western companies are everywhere in China, and they make massive revenues there. The presence of Chinese companies in the West is tiny by comparison (if you want proof, just look at FDI figures in each direction). Anyone who's spent time in both places can see this.
It's very difficult to discuss China-US trade issues when so many people begin from completely false assumptions about what the present situation is.
- fragmede 6y agoTwo companies that are blocked in China, and are particularly relevant to this conversation, are Google and Facebook.
- hungryhobo 6y agofacebook and google are given conditions that, if satisfied, would allow them to operate in china. the same cannot be said about tik tok and the us market
- ngcc_hk 6y agoThat is why China Win-Win. It has forced the conditions that is theirs as a totalitarian country. USA cannot enforce any condition because it is a free country. And they can come in with their values. But USA cannot go in with its value. Continue it is the downfall of the USA and humanity. That is why China has to stop Win-then-Win again (yes Win-Win is China win two times). Open market to assist China to limit their people freedom, that is a great move by Google if only money matter. And as said, China is poor of everything except money. Want this bad money driven out good one.
- winrid 6y agoFree country doesn't mean you can't set rules or conditions to do business here. We do that all the time. In fact, we don't even let some companies do business with certain countries. We can definitely give TikTok an ultimatum - we just don't want to.