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Tencent says it's not a Chinese military company and is willing to sue the US Department of Defense if it isn't removed from a blacklist (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

Lol sue the us?

Money vs money, go for it

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 hours ago

Sues. Lawyers do discovery. Tencent refuses. Court fines Tencent in contempt, rules in favor of the government. Tencent tries to bribe Trump with something.

[+] [email protected] -23 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

almost as if it's never been about security but about sinophobia

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

Lol

I respect the Chinese people, their modern advancements in science and technology, their industry, their customs, and their rich history and culture.

I do not respect a hostile dictatorship that rules over them all, and if they were smart they would not, either.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 hours ago

How do we stop the oligarchy ruling the USA without them ruining your life for going first?

[+] [email protected] -16 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

They own and rule the dictatorship. It's a dictatorship of the proletariat, wherein anyone can become a party member and participate. The US has a dictatorship of capital. How's that working out again having a dozen billionaires writing your laws and controlling the entire executive branch?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

No it's a dictatorship by a small group that the rest of them are not in. It's a dictatorship that demands the common people surrender all beliefs not sanctioned by the state, that demolishes holy sites, a dictatorship that forces minorities into labor camps. It's a dictatorship that commits hostile takeovers of neighboring nations and allies itself with multiple other dictatorships.

[+] [email protected] -12 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

tibetan pedo temples

dafuq did I just read

[–] [email protected] 0 points 50 minutes ago

Have you never learned literally anything about Tibet? Check out the wikipedia sections for pre 1950s Tibet, or simply Google Tibet given the news stories about the dalai lama tonguing a kid on tv.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

China actually vetoed a UN Ceasefire resolution in Gaza in March, so much for peace.

Not to mention Chinese close friends and allies North Korea is constantly firing missiles into the ocean as a method of stick-waving at demilitarized Japan.

Honestly weird that you think Uighur Muslims all need to go to rehab and work long unpaid hours until they die. Not how a normal human with empathy thinks, generally.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

I agree with the US DoD. The large Chinese corporations are owned by CCP members and former PLA officers. Contain them until the PRC implodes.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

So all veteran owned businesses in the US are extensions of the US military?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago

Like thats not a bad idea from an international perspective, there are plenty of folks who maintain connections and may or may not be at minimum an annoyance. Though I also feel like American culture is mercantile and independent enough that such risks are generally minimized, except from so called Christian companies those sons of bitches always have a secondary goal beyond profits.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Not to mention I'm pretty sure all of their Chinese office buildings are literally in Military owned and operated land.

It would be like Google HQ being in the middle of a US military base.

EDIT: Although I do admit adjacent the Googleplex building there is a Department of Defense building like 10 minutes drive, near the airfield, but it's probably there because NASA operates on the airfield.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Given the way things are going, the US will implode long before China does.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

If the US goes China goes, the trade links are comparable to the late bronze age which ended when the trade links collapsed.

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