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Such a shame that an article that goes to such lengths to (accurately, as far as I can tell) list so many people's commercial entanglements with Chinese interes
by microtherion 5y ago
Such a shame that an article that goes to such lengths to (accurately, as far as I can tell) list so many people's commercial entanglements with Chinese interests ran out of space to make a single mention that their purported white knight, Trump, has numerous such entanglements himself, and commingled his commercial and political actions more nakedly than anyone else: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/09/22/ivankas-trademark-requests-were-fast-tracked-in-china-after-trump-was-elected/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/09/22/ivankas-tr...
It also strikes me as bizarre to see Trump as a champion against autocracy when the man basically never met an autocrat he didn't like (cf his bromances with Putin & Kim Jong-Un), or as a champion against the Uyghur genocide that he specifically approved of: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-china-detention-camp-xinjiang-2020-6?op=1&r=US&IR=T https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-china-detention-camp-x...
Having relatives and friends whose families are affected by Chinese repression, and, just in general, preferring my children to grow up in a freer world, I'm concerned about the ever more repressive Chinese state, and the smaller and larger ways in which I am complicit in the ascendance of that state. But I don't think there are any easy solutions to be had (e.g. "just stop doing business with them"), and I think there are not even easy solutions to be had for the Chinese themselves (e.g. "dissolve the people's congress, disband all security forces other than traffic cops, and call for a snap election in 60 days").
And the article strikes me as an entirely unsuitable starting point to start a meaningful discussion about what could or should be done.