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>political objectives Perhaps, but it's mostly: >government didn't care There's no reason to dedicated domestic PRC resources to crackdown (technically) lega
by dirtyid 4y ago
>political objectives
Perhaps, but it's mostly:
>government didn't care
There's no reason to dedicated domestic PRC resources to crackdown (technically) legal cancer drug manufacturers to subsidize US/DEA war on drugs. Priority is to crack down domestic drug trafficing in PRC / golden triangle. The entire reason synthesis moved to Mexico with PRC precursors was because past US admins politically pressured PRC to do something about it. Like if PRC wanted to be politically belligerant, they'd start exporting directly again.
- DiogenesKynikos 4y agoThe Chinese government was working with the US government to crack down on drug smuggling. However, the US government keeps hitting them with more and more sanctions, and is calling the entire One China Policy into question, so China stopped cooperating on a range of issues, including drug smuggling. The US government says it wants to separate these issues out, but the Chinese government doesn't want to go out of its way to help a foreign government that's actively trying to destroy the Chinese high-tech industry with sanctions.