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Re:“China's Tesla” NIO slashes thousands of jobs as losses m... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @05:56PM (#21065051)
> What, concretely, does this control entail? How does it function?

Party members "inspecting" facilities, demanding access to records, issuing whimsical and unappealable orders, et cetera.

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Re:“China's Tesla” NIO slashes thousands of jobs as losses m... by DiogenesKynikos on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @06:00PM (#21065087)
You're asserting that the Chinese government uses these mechanisms to set the business plans of BYD and Geely? In other words, that BYD and Geely do not make decisions based on business considerations and the profit motive, but rather because the Chinese government orders them to make those decisions?

I'm trying to understand just how you imagine things work in China.

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