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Re:Alibaba slapped with record $2.7B antitrust fine by vmception on Sunday April 11, 2021 @01:14AM (#26767644)
Western discussion about China is not nuanced. It assumes complete adherence to Beijing and completely effective coercion due to incestual ownership of all private enterprise.

There is alot of discontent, and alot of flying under the radar, not different than leading western economies.

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Re:Alibaba slapped with record $2.7B antitrust fine by seanmcdirmid on Sunday April 11, 2021 @02:38AM (#26767990)
The difference is that discontent is necessarily under the radar in China while it is not under the radar at all in leading western countries. That extra transparency makes things a bit more predictable in the west, while in China you really have to pay attention to rumors.
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Re:Alibaba slapped with record $2.7B antitrust fine by vmception on Sunday April 11, 2021 @02:47AM (#26768041)
It’s also not hard to notice.
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