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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by moate on Friday August 07, 2020 @12:23PM (#24083641)
So then how do you stop China from doing the bad thing?
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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by baddox on Friday August 07, 2020 @12:34PM (#24083785)
Is that relevant? Do you think this will make any difference in China’s internal policies?
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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by moate on Friday August 07, 2020 @02:35PM (#24085069)
One assumption as to why "do the bad thing" is "because it will make China behave in the manner we want".
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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by what_ever on Friday August 07, 2020 @12:40PM (#24083856)
It make difference to your country's companies to make business there.
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