Would You Go to China on Business Now?

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Post by imartin2k » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 7:28 PM UTC

Would You Go to China on Business Now?
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Re: Would You Go to China on Business Now?

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Post by leroy_masochist » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 7:58 PM UTC

Off-the-cuff reaction to the question in the article title is that the author is not important enough to be worried (saying that respectfully, not to be a dick).

I definitely wouldn't go if I were Tim Cook or Zuck or someone like that.

Will be interesting/scary to see what China does in response.

Re: Would You Go to China on Business Now?

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Post by forkLding » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 8:02 PM UTC

leroy_masochist wrote: post #2

Off-the-cuff reaction to the question in the article title is that the author is not important enough to be worried (saying that respectfully, not to be a dick). I definitely wouldn't go if I were Tim Cook or Zuck or someone like that. Will be interesting/scary to see what China does in response.

Ironically, major Chinese executives are thinking the same thought about coming to US these couple weeks because one of their own got arrested

Re: Would You Go to China on Business Now?

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Post by 5trokerac3 » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 8:03 PM UTC

Before we assume that this is "a high stakes game of geopolitical poker to divert from Mueller", as the author suggests, let's see exactly what a C-level executive of one of the world's largest tech companies allegedly offered to the Iranians and for what purpose. Hypothetically, for all we know she was offering to use the company to launder money made from selling nuclear weapons tech on the black market.

It's not only possible, but likely, that this arrest was the result of months of covert work put in by DOJ and State Department officials, and is the result of a legitimate investigation.

Re: Would You Go to China on Business Now?

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Post by yet112233 » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 8:09 PM UTC

Chinese government has been holding three American citizens for ranson for a few months now. Most likely this the US response.

Canada agreed to the arrest because they have big problems in Vancouver. The city has become the playground of the party elite and local Chinese/Taiwanese are routinely intimidated.

Re: Would You Go to China on Business Now?

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Post by _fq4v » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 8:09 PM UTC

I would not go to china to do business. I won't do business with Maoists, and I don't care how cheap their labor is. And I don't particularly care that the woman arrested is the daughter of a prominent Chinese man. I don't expect the United States government to look out for the interest of prominent chinese citizens.

> There won’t be a single senior US technology executive going to China for the next week or two, if not longer

Good. Not only is it an environmental disaster to travel to China frequently, continuously producing goods in a state that is the top contributor to global pollution is hardly a good thing. Not to mention the illiberalism.

Re: Would You Go to China on Business Now?

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Post by 5trokerac3 » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 8:12 PM UTC

_fq4v wrote: post #6

I would not go to china to do business. I won't do business with Maoists, and I don't care how cheap their labor is. And I don't particularly care that the woman arrested is the daughter of a prominent Chinese man. I don't expect the United States government to look out for the interest of prominent chinese citizens. > There won’t be a single senior US technology executive going to China for the next week or two, if…

Yeah, why offshore your cheap labor when you can get an American non-violent drug offender to build it for less than $1 an hour. Then you can slap that sweet Made In The USA label on your product too. /s

Re: Would You Go to China on Business Now?

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Post by groby_b » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 8:13 PM UTC

> a scion of global capitalism is now in jail for geopolitical crimes, a first in the modern history of the western hemisphere, as far as I can tell.

That's mostly an indication this doesn't happen often enough. The world just might be a better place if we started actually jailing "scions of global capitalism" for the crimes they commit.

Also, is it only me, or is this rather close to a completely unhinged rant?

Re: Would You Go to China on Business Now?

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Post by tathougies » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 8:14 PM UTC

5trokerac3 wrote: post #7

_fq4v wrote: post #6

I would not go to china to do business. I won't do business with Maoists, and I don't care how cheap their labor is. And I don't particularly care that the woman arrested is the daughter of a prominent Chinese man. I don't expect the United States government to look out for the interest of prominent chinese citizens. > There won’t be a single senior US technology executive going to China for the next week or two, if…

Yeah, why offshore your cheap labor when you can get an American non-violent drug offender to build it for less than $1 an hour. Then you can slap that sweet Made In The USA label on your product too. /s

This is a rather low-effort comment, which sets up a false dichotomy.

Re: Would You Go to China on Business Now?

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Post by tathougies » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 8:15 PM UTC

groby_b wrote: post #8

> a scion of global capitalism is now in jail for geopolitical crimes, a first in the modern history of the western hemisphere, as far as I can tell. That's mostly an indication this doesn't happen often enough. The world just might be a better place if we started actually jailing "scions of global capitalism" for the crimes they commit. Also, is it only me, or is this rather close to a completely unhinged rant?

Completely unhinged rant by someone who thinks they're knowledgeable but is rather ignorant of the history of nations.