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Apple bends over for China
On 31/12/2020 15:57, RichA wrote:
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55497222 Foreign company obeys law in a jurisdiction. This is hardly news although the clickbait nature of this is noted. Most of the rest of the article is really a commentary on the usual run of the mill headline issues any government would consider and a fair bit of bureaucratic inertia too which isn't unique. Putting aside Apples predictable PR there are of course human rights issues and cultural differences. Personally speaking I'd rather these were discussed in an informed way than lurid edited for size articles by mass media filling their quota for the day. That said while Chinas technical and economic achievements are laudable I share peoples concerns about human rights issues and other failures. On item did catch my eye. While waging war against certain types of apps on the ground in China there are "local facilities" police turn a blind eye to and equivalent websites available in Hong Kong which Chinese people visit much like Saudis visit the UAE. China only became prohibtionist in recent decades but Chinese law is very underdeveloped and things are determined at a local level where to varying degrees they can be legal in practice if not always in strict law. China's Catholic morals aside a good portion of the intent driving Chinese law and enforcement action on this issue is driven by a desire to enhance self-determination by stamping out corruption and abuse by criminal third parties like the Nordic model on steroids with all its counterproductive elements. It's a bit of a mess and one of those you wouldn't begin here kind of things. On the reverse there is the capitalist version of Maoism whereby foreign companies are required to partner with a local Chinese company. This is problematic for lots of reasons. IP hijacking and protectionism are obvious issues as are suspicions of political control pulling the strings but this is probably an artefact of the Chinese one nation two systems stuff. There is also Chinas currently dominant conservatism with no real effective counterbalance. There is a lot to unpack about China and yes the West doesn't always get it and has legitimate concerns with China but I also think the idea that China is some kind of weird and alien place isn't helping the quality of discussion and diplomacy. A lot about China is actually quite simple and no different from anywhere else only perhaps in degree and arrangement. -- Melanie van Buren |
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Apple bends over for China
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RichA wrote: Just imagine, instead of being greedy and grasping at the cost of freedom of speech, Apple, a "kind of" American company said "no." just imagine if you had any resemblance of a clue, about anything at all. |
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Apple bends over for China
On Thu, 31 Dec 2020, RichA wrote:
Just imagine, instead of being greedy and grasping at the cost of freedom of speech, Apple, a "kind of" American company said "no." There is a limit for imagination ... -- B̵⃨̺̐͆̀*̶̷̢̈́̾̽U̸̶⃨̝͍͓̔́̔̈́ ̷̈́͋D̸̶̷⃨̫̟̔̀̀̔͛͛ |
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