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In low end manufacturing sector it's really hard to know your end customers. The products are highly standardized and can go though multiple middlemen. Also the sheer volume, most …

Roads, bridges, forests, power grids, water pipelines, solar farms, as well as indoctrination camps and mass surveillance network.

What if Moray says something to support Palestine freedom and human rights? Would NBA support Moray or Israel?

What seized were not fentanyl, but some chemicals could be used in the fentanyl manufacturing process, as well as many other legitimate use. If you want to stop fentanyl, the best …

> Wouldn't be surprised if they were overstated, so as to keep citizens in check. This is a little stretching. Most Chinese audience can’t or won’t watch BBC.

Gov is more likely to be schemed than VC because those who make investment decision don’t get as much reward/punishment. However, for the same reason, gov can also invest in projec…

What you said about Huawei is more applicable to Boeing, which sells weapon systems instead of telecom gears. You may want to look at how US companies are involved in arm sales to …

I know we all have an impulse to take the easy path. But please think about what if you happen to be wrong, how a person would feel if he’s labeled a liar/paid troll for having an …

If you think OP is smearing, you can refute his argument with facts and flag his comment. It’s a human bias to think someone whom we disagree with has a malicious agenda. Democracy…

It is Trump who called it a riot.

We have to assume good faith precisely because it's impossible to tell the difference you mentioned. If a real propagandist tells a lie, we can refute it with facts and flag the co…

Being substantive means replying to the actual argument instead of questioning the credibility of the person who makes an argument.

Please follow HN guidelines and refrain from personal attack. Assume good faith and be substantive.

SCMP still publishes a lot of anti CCP articles and is banned in China.

It's more likely that the protest causes huge damage to HK economy, and HK people start to get tired of it. At some point people may decide to take economic incentives from Beijing…

Why is Guantanamo camp still open? Can Snowden speak openly about NSA hacking? In China there are some checks and balances, but they are just ineffective and often ignored too. In …

If Crimea was unwillingly annexed by Russia, then the sanction is punishing the victim instead of the criminal. If Crimea people genuinely supported the unification with Russia and…

China oppresses its own people, while US oppresses people in Iraq, Yemen and elsewhere. US being perceived as a lesser evil doesn't make its chips more secure than Chinese chips. S…

If this happens in HK, everything is on the table for Beijing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2009_Ürümqi_riots

This is mostly rhetoric and political posturing. Chinese government has so far refrained from taking any action. Beijing is not an benevolent actor, but is smart enough to leave Ho…

Please don’t assume US companies are stupid. They know what they are selling and whether they are paid enough. In most cases it’s just about giving away some about-to-be-obsolete t…

The report says that Huawei devices have unsafe functions like “memcpy” and "strcpy". Is this a coding preference or dangerous practice? To what extent can these examples reflect o…

what’s after CCP could be worse.

“I have to kill you in order to save you” logic.

No. Chinese people overthrew many kings and dictators far more oppressive than CCP in its long history. China is stable because CCP delivered economic results, lifting hundreds of …