How Jack Ma took on eBay with Taobao

Re:How Jack Ma took on eBay with Taobao by scarejunba on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @01:32PM (#17655156)

We do. That's how we stop Broadcom from purchasing Qualcomm, get them to move here, and then still block them.

Just business.

The Chinese do it even better because the government is more powerful there than the US Government is here.

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Re:How Jack Ma took on eBay with Taobao by WillPostForFood on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @01:47PM (#17655292)

There is a big difference between blocking Broadcom from buying Qualcomm, and blocking Broadcom from doing business in the US. Which is what the equivalent would be.

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Re:How Jack Ma took on eBay with Taobao by scarejunba on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @02:47PM (#17655873)

It's just protectionism of different sorts. The difference is like that between a member of a Marxist Communist Party and a Marxist-Leninist Communist Party. They think it's super different, but ultimately they're both communists.

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Re:How Jack Ma took on eBay with Taobao by ucaetano on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @02:54PM (#17655949)

> It's just protectionism of different sorts.

Sure, but both being protectionism doesn't make them equal or even comparable.

Placing a 5% fee on certain products and banning all imports are both protectionism, but are in no way comparable.

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