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U.S. Tech and Film "Collaborating" with China - U.S. Attorney General Barr

posted by martyb on Saturday July 18 2020, @09:31PM   Printer-friendly

Phoenix666 writes:

BBC:

US Attorney General William Barr has accused Hollywood and US tech firms of "collaborating" with the Chinese government to do business there.

Companies like Disney routinely agreed to censor films while Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Apple were "all too willing" to work with Beijing, he said.

Such actions risked undermining the liberal world order, Mr Barr added.

His intervention is the latest criticism of China by White House and other US officials.

Tensions between the US and China have been rising over a host of issues. The US this week removed Hong Kong's preferential trade status, after China brought in a controversial new security law for the territory.

Does working with China mean freedoms are undermined elsewhere?

Also at the Hollywood Reporter. DoJ: Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks on China Policy at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by MostCynical on Saturday July 18 2020, @09:54PM (3 children)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Saturday July 18 2020, @09:54PM (#1023516) Journal

    if these companies are doing 'whatever it takes' to make money for the shareholders, isn't that capitalism?

    what's to complain about?

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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 19 2020, @12:55AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 19 2020, @12:55AM (#1023569)

    if these companies are doing 'whatever it takes' to make money for the shareholders, isn't that capitalism?

    what's to complain about?

    I agree with you completely.

    Companies could even profit significantly while solving real problems like the shortage of donated organs, by forming partnerships with China -- specifically the western Xinjiang region where there is a surplus.

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by hemocyanin on Sunday July 19 2020, @03:28AM

    by hemocyanin (186) on Sunday July 19 2020, @03:28AM (#1023619) Journal

    I get that you're being snarky, but it is not a law of the universe that large capital enterprises must economically stripmine the place from which they came -- that is a result of government trade policy entrenched in the 90s that borderless capital was able to purchase.

  • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Sunday July 19 2020, @04:35AM

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Sunday July 19 2020, @04:35AM (#1023641) Journal

    Nothing... War mongers want war. SNAFU!

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