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Re:The logic driving China’s big tech clampdown by arodyginc on Sunday August 01, 2021 @02:40PM (#28028737)
Clearly China wants to use other markets but tries to avoid becoming a market be it education or social platforms. Very clever strategy I'd say
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Re:The logic driving China’s big tech clampdown by fmajid on Sunday August 01, 2021 @02:53PM (#28028835)
It's called mercantilism, and is a well-worn strategy. The US used it against the UK, who had used it against the Dutch before them, and the Germans had also used it against the UK.
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