Jack Ma Agrees to Shrink His Business Empire, Bowing to China Pressure

Re:Jack Ma Agrees to Shrink His Business Empire, Bowing to C... by balia on Thursday January 28, 2021 @01:28PM (#25946471)

Headline sounds propaganda-ish. This is a normal regulatory move to break up monopoly in its one market, instead it’s made to sound like “big bad gov bully’s little guys”

Imagine a headline “Zuckerberg Agrees to Shrink His Business Empire, Bowing to US Pressure.” Does that sound like a natural headline a reasonable reporter would write?

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Re:Jack Ma Agrees to Shrink His Business Empire, Bowing to C... by mcguire on Thursday January 28, 2021 @03:06PM (#25948257)

Does the four month vacation at Lake Laogai enter into this picture anywhere?

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Re:Jack Ma Agrees to Shrink His Business Empire, Bowing to C... by kube-system on Thursday January 28, 2021 @02:19PM (#25947452)

> Imagine a headline “Zuckerberg Agrees to Shrink His Business Empire, Bowing to US Pressure.” Does that sound like a natural headline a reasonable reporter would write?

1. A quick search with my favorite search engine for "bowing to US pressure" returns many results by a variety of reputable outlets.

2. I don't believe that reporters typically write their own headlines.

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Re:Jack Ma Agrees to Shrink His Business Empire, Bowing to C... by La1n on Thursday January 28, 2021 @04:41PM (#25949711)

>A quick search with my favorite search engine for "bowing to US pressure" returns many results by a variety of reputable outlets.

They are mostly (or all I could find on the first pages) about other countries or international organizations, so I'd say there is at least some difference.

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Re:Jack Ma Agrees to Shrink His Business Empire, Bowing to C... by adventured on Thursday January 28, 2021 @01:33PM (#25946561)

Bowing to US pressure is exactly what companies do when they come under regulatory pressure. It's not a strange headline at all. Companies with large market share routinely curb their own actions to limit or bow to government pressure that is always present.

Intel would have eaten Nvidia and ARM a long time ago if that were not how things worked. Intel has been under 24/7 government pressure for decades. They're not allowed to behave the way Nvidia and AMD are allowed to behave, they're not allowed to acquire companies that some of their competitors are allowed to acquire. Intel has been on its knees bowing to government pressure for decades at this point, with two hands tied behind its back.

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