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As a Chinese, I'm really tired of seeing such news being pushed to the frontpage of HN. Sure, the data big companies are collecting nowadays are concerning. But

As a Chinese, I'm really tired of seeing such news being pushed to the frontpage of HN. Sure, the data big companies are collecting nowadays are concerning. But it's not specific to Chinese companies. Well, people may say they don't trust the Chinese government. How is the US government better? Has Snowden been forgotten already? Endlessly selective criticism towards China make us think if people from other countries are just inclined to think that the CCP is evil, and so is China. As a result, everything that is connected to China is (especially) bad.

cochne 6y ago
As an American I somewhat agree with your sentiment in that Google is probably just as bad as ByteDance. However, I think we see about the same amount of flak against Google on this website so I don’t agree with your point about it being specific to China. Also, I believe the CCP is certainly evil based on reports of numerous human rights violations. The USA is also on the whole evil, but I would say to a much lesser degree.
ccpisevil 6y ago
The Snowden revelations pale in comparison to the abuses of the evil CCP. Has The Great Leap Forward been forgotten already? Or, if that's too long ago, let's ask the Uighurs. But don't be too quick to agree; I wouldn't want the CCP to disappear any of your family for being critical of the regime. Because you know, that's what happens in the US when someone is critical of Trump, they get sent to a black site. Oh wait, no, that doesn't happen in the US.
chillacy 6y ago
US attitudes towards China are at all time lows [1]. It doesn't seem as bad as the 1960's and the USSR, but I'm fearing that the rhetoric continues to get more polarizing until we're at "better dead than red". Don't think China doesn't do this as well either, state media in China has been seeding anti-US sentiment for awhile. [1] https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/04/21/u-s-views-of-china-increasingly-negative-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/ https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/04/21/u-s-views-of-c...
0xdeadb00f 6y ago
> How is the US government better? It isn't that much better, and I think most on this site would agree.

cochne 6y ago

As an American I somewhat agree with your sentiment in that Google is probably just as bad as ByteDance. However, I think we see about the same amount of flak against Google on this website so I don’t agree with your point about it being specific to China. Also, I believe the CCP is certainly evil based on reports of numerous human rights violations. The USA is also on the whole evil, but I would say to a much lesser degree.

ccpisevil 6y ago

The Snowden revelations pale in comparison to the abuses of the evil CCP. Has The Great Leap Forward been forgotten already? Or, if that's too long ago, let's ask the Uighurs. But don't be too quick to agree; I wouldn't want the CCP to disappear any of your family for being critical of the regime. Because you know, that's what happens in the US when someone is critical of Trump, they get sent to a black site. Oh wait, no, that doesn't happen in the US.

chillacy 6y ago

US attitudes towards China are at all time lows [1]. It doesn't seem as bad as the 1960's and the USSR, but I'm fearing that the rhetoric continues to get more polarizing until we're at "better dead than red". Don't think China doesn't do this as well either, state media in China has been seeding anti-US sentiment for awhile. [1] https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/04/21/u-s-views-of-china-increasingly-negative-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/ https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/04/21/u-s-views-of-c...

0xdeadb00f 6y ago

> How is the US government better? It isn't that much better, and I think most on this site would agree.