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minus-square@Knock_Knock_Lemmy_InlinkEnglish33•1 year agoIs it a private business if it’s owned by the Chinese government?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoIt’s really not though? The Chinese government has a 1% stake in ByteDance. Meanwhile ~60% is foreign investors – believed to be mostly American.
minus-square@nialv7linkEnglish9•1 year agoYou have a misunderstanding of how China’s government operates. It does not matter how much stake the government holds, companies just cannot say no to the government’s request. Otherwise you will be disappeared. See Alibaba for example. Remember, China does not have a democracy.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-5•1 year agoThat’s literally the same thing the us government is doing here…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-10•1 year agoOoooof, somebody licking the boot of capitalism a little too hard.
minus-square@Knock_Knock_Lemmy_InlinkEnglish8•1 year agoThen it should be easy to buy out that 1% stake. I’m not saying it’s a good bill, but reducing interference by foreign governments in US sold products is not against any party’s philosophies.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoYou mean like how US ISPs wiretapped the Internet for the NSA? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM But really, how dare anyone but us do that.
Is it a private business if it’s owned by the Chinese government?
It’s really not though? The Chinese government has a 1% stake in ByteDance. Meanwhile ~60% is foreign investors – believed to be mostly American.
You have a misunderstanding of how China’s government operates. It does not matter how much stake the government holds, companies just cannot say no to the government’s request. Otherwise you will be disappeared. See Alibaba for example.
Remember, China does not have a democracy.
That’s literally the same thing the us government is doing here…
Ooooof, somebody licking the boot of capitalism a little too hard.
Then it should be easy to buy out that 1% stake.
I’m not saying it’s a good bill, but reducing interference by foreign governments in US sold products is not against any party’s philosophies.
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You mean like how US ISPs wiretapped the Internet for the NSA? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM
But really, how dare anyone but us do that.
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No. It’s a malicious foreign entity.