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

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 19 2020, @03:52AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 19 2020, @03:52AM (#1023625)

    I tried to buy a travel mug today that was not made in China today. The closest I could get was a Thailand made Zojirushi.

    Made in the USA travel mugs: https://www.tervis.com/products [tervis.com]

  • (Score: 1) by hemocyanin on Sunday July 19 2020, @08:57PM (3 children)

    by hemocyanin (186) on Sunday July 19 2020, @08:57PM (#1023823) Journal

    The stainless insulated cups are made in China and decorated in America.

    • (Score: 1) by hemocyanin on Sunday July 19 2020, @09:00PM (2 children)

      by hemocyanin (186) on Sunday July 19 2020, @09:00PM (#1023824) Journal
      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 19 2020, @10:05PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 19 2020, @10:05PM (#1023835)

        That is most unfortunate. The original insulated plastic cups still say made in USA.

        • (Score: 1) by hemocyanin on Monday July 20 2020, @06:39AM

          by hemocyanin (186) on Monday July 20 2020, @06:39AM (#1023998) Journal

          That's what I'll get -- not so happy about plastic but it is what it is. There's a real problem when we've designed the way our economy works so that we can't make a cup -- this is stamped metal not rocket science.