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minus-square@Knock_Knock_Lemmy_InlinkEnglish33•8 months agoIs it a private business if it’s owned by the Chinese government?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•8 months 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•8 months 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•8 months agoThat’s literally the same thing the us government is doing here…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-10•8 months agoOoooof, somebody licking the boot of capitalism a little too hard.
minus-square@Knock_Knock_Lemmy_InlinkEnglish8•8 months 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@PriorityMotiflinkEnglish4•8 months agoDo you think that They could avoid doing something that the Chinese government tells them to do?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months 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.
minus-square@PriorityMotiflinkEnglish2•8 months agoYes, why not let everyone do it if someone else is already doing it.
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.
Do you think that They could avoid doing something that the Chinese government tells them to do?
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.
Yes, why not let everyone do it if someone else is already doing it.
No. It’s a malicious foreign entity.