>>the US and EU would never accept or allow that a Chinese social network Half the stuff coming into the US is made in China, so its hard to speak about protec

>>the US and EU would never accept or allow that a Chinese social network Half the stuff coming into the US is made in China, so its hard to speak about protectionist economics. Social networks from any country do not threaten the political order, but are rather used by politicians and interest groups to gather supporters. In China social media is used to highlight broken promises between unelected government officials and those who they supposedly serve. In the US you could elect different politician, but in China the only remedy for a lack of accountability is revolution. To state the obvious, social media is a vehicle for democracy, and this has left the Chinese government terrified.