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Participating in trade with the PRC requires action to support the PRC through domestic censorship and diplomatic support on issues the PRC cares about (Taiwan)
by lumost 5y ago
Participating in trade with the PRC requires action to support the PRC through domestic censorship and diplomatic support on issues the PRC cares about (Taiwan).
France has a choice in whether they choose to support the PRC or not - this requires stepping on red lines and facing the consequences.
- mytailorisrich 5y agoThere is no domestic censorship in France on China-related topics. As I wrote before France chose a long time ago to switch from ROC/Taiwan to PRC in terms of diplomatic recognition because that was the pragmatic and realistic thing to do for France. France trades with China because it is in its interest to do so, not because of any 'support' for China.
- mensetmanusman 5y agoIf any of these companies are in France, then there is domestic censorship in France on China-related topics: https://mashable.com/article/china-censorship-companies-hong-kong-protests-nba https://mashable.com/article/china-censorship-companies-hong...
- mytailorisrich 5y agoNo... Private companies make their own commercial decisions. There is no censorship on these topics on the part of the French authorities.
- mensetmanusman 5y agoThat’s impossible to prove, because not talking about it intentionally is self censorship, but by definition it wouldn’t be talked about so there’s no way of knowing.
- ChemSpider 5y agoNobody asks France or Germany to stop trading with China. But both countries should use more of their power to support a fellow democracy that is under threat.