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Again, she wasn’t charged with trading with Iran. Since you can’t seem to understand that simple point, I don’t see this conversation as productive any longer.

That doesn’t make sense to me. Of course if you do business with the US you are subject to US law. And if you travel to somewhere with an extradition treaty with the US, well, it s…

Isn’t the core of the issue more that Huawei defrauded some US banks by promising not to use their money to do business with Iran, then went ahead and did it anyways, leading to th…

Alipay just started allowing foreign credit cards! Wechat will probably follow suit soon, if they haven't already. https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3036457/foreign-t...

Thanks for your comment. I don’t see why Macau would have a stronger cultural identity than Hong Kong, but I haven’t been there, only to Hong Kong a few times. It seems to me that …

But people in China can't really cross check things with sources that aren't controlled by their government. I've been in China for the entire duration of the Hong Kong protests, a…

Independence is not one of the demands of the protestors. Please provide a source for that claim.

A small quibble about the Huawei executive: she was arrested for fraud against a US bank, not for dealing with Iran. Huawei knowingly lied, telling the bank that they had no dealin…

Except the SEC has given Chinese companies an exemption from normal oversight. I agree that there shouldn't be a blanket ban - but the companies should have to follow the same rule…

No, it wasn't there from the start. The no electronics policy only started within the last two years. I know someone who has been there and has the pictures on her phone.

I remember someone posting her thread about Lambda School. I didn't find it very convincing. Definitely not convincing enough to justify her now calling it "trash".

Going back to traditional characters was a strange addition to the list. But why would the other things there be going backwards? I don't see how those are mutually exclusive with …

No, it sounds like he knows what result he wants but doesn't know how to get there.

The internet isn't blocked in Hong Kong - this doesn't affect them (yet).

It's too bad, this was my go-to site if the VPN wouldn't connect. HackerNews is read surprisingly widely here. I've met Chinese people (who work in tech) who read it. But the stran…

Yes, the ownership situation isn't great. But as someone following the Hong Kong situation, I have to agree with Animats. They have the best coverage so far - it's really quickly u…

I think at this point new Chromebooks can all run Linux software natively - so might as well just use normal emacs. Actually I have emacs running on Android as well. I don't really…

If you already know all that stuff, why are you saying that flyer is wrong? It's all true. I assumed you didn't know about it because you said it was lies. I don't think it's liter…

Things aren't always that bad in China, but all of the things on the signs have happened and continue to happen. You're simply wrong that those are false accusations. If these thin…

Interesting. I can promise you I'm not being disingenuous, even if I'm wrong. And I think "brigading" is more of a Reddit thing - it usually means when people from an opposing subr…

Okay, maybe you're more reasonable than it seemed at first. I understand some paranoia about foreign opinions. But, how often does the news need to talk about the Opium Wars? I wou…

Wow, you only read the thread title of the first link I gave you. Obviously you aren't interested in learning anything. If you change your mind, read a little further. You claimed …

>Citation needed. Here ya go (he has further citations at the bottom if you're really interested): https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/... Regardless of who…

I'm curious why you're all over this thread pretending that China didn't block the UK from making Hong Kong democratic for over 60 years. Which is something I learned about in the …