I do not think this type of discussion is useful at all.
Even inside China. They need to learn and study other nation's policies and laws to make sure they can continue maintain a society of 1.4 Billion people.
Both US and China would benefit from open competition, in general.
Of cuz, in certain scenarios & times, the discussion is much more nuanced. Like the TikTok discussion here.
>They need to learn and study other nation's policies and laws to make sure they can continue maintain a society of 1.4 Billion people.
Study, yes. Copy or follow, no. China should stay China. We have enough countries trying to dance after the US tune already.
>Both US and China would benefit from open competition, in general.
Absolutely, but not under US rules or law outside the US. Tiktok should be allowed to collect just as much information as Facebook and Google or more if they want to as as long as it legal. This whole trying to make different rules in the US for foreign businesses is worse than what China is blamed of doing. Chinese businesses have more rules to follow in China than foreign businesses. Exactly the opposite than what the US is doing.
If the US won't do business with Chinese businesses because they are sometimes mixed in with the state they are playing favourites because lots and lots of trade is done with state owned and run businesses from other countries, like Scandinavia. The problem here isn't what China is or isn't doing. It is the colour of their skin and that it isn't the capitalist system the US wants everyone to be.
Exactly, the real problem with the US is that it cannot control China, like it does with other countries integrated to the US system. And they supported China as long as they had hope to control their political system.
It's not about control, it's about national security. Allowing a company to operate in the US that is practically under control by a hostile authoritarian system is a national security risk.
I wonder what makes it a hostile system, since they have been commercially cooperating with the US for decades. The official party line of the US government doesn't even make sense.
