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This is a very short-sighted move, it will lead to lower investments from China to US in tech and other sectors.
by leptoniscool 6y ago
This is a very short-sighted move, it will lead to lower investments from China to US in tech and other sectors.
- abc-xyz 6y agoDoes that mean western organizations will finally stop censoring western people living in western countries? Will they finally stop banning people for voicing support for democracy in Hong Kong? Or for condemning concentration camps in Xinjiang? Will they finally stop ruining their products in their attempt to be granted access to the Chinese market? Will western employees finally be able to ‘like’ a tweet thanking their company for listing Tibet, Hong Kong and Taiwan on their website without being fired?
- benrbray 6y agoI sure hope so. I have not agreed with this administration on hardly anything else, but I agree with this. The United States has its own dark history of censorship and oppression, but authoritarianism poses an even bigger threat. At the moment, China is a huge market for technology and entertainment, and companies who refuse to do business with them, accept investments from them, etc. on moral grounds clearly cannot compete with companies who are willing to bend over backwards for the chance to dip their hands in the infinite money bucket. We cannot let an authoritarian government exert so much control over our technology, movies, television, games, and social media. If we do, democracy is already lost.
- reaperducer 6y agoDoes that mean western organizations will finally stop censoring western people living in western countries? For me, the big test will be the NBA. It has stated that it will allow players to display social justice messages on their jerseys. It has also punished people for supporting Hong Kong. If I had a million dollars, I'd pay some big name basketball star to put "Free Hong Kong" on his jersey, just to watch the fireworks.
- apta 6y agoEveryone should boycott the CCP due to their horrid Holocaust-like genocide they're committing right now.
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- swiperNoSwiping 6y agoyou are not `long`-sighted either, once you get all these CCP money, then you have to bend your knees to china whenever they demand. just like Hollywood, NBA...etc.
- pnw_hazor 6y agoLess CCP involvement in the USA and the world is a good thing. Less CCP control of China would also be a good thing.