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Re:Lithuania evacuates its embassy in China by lumost on Sunday December 19, 2021 @12:52PM (#29616279)
Participating in trade with the PRC requires action to support the PRC through domestic censorship and diplomatic support on issues the PRC cares about (Taiwan).

France has a choice in whether they choose to support the PRC or not - this requires stepping on red lines and facing the consequences.

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Re:Lithuania evacuates its embassy in China by mytailorisrich on Sunday December 19, 2021 @01:01PM (#29616387)
There is no domestic censorship in France on China-related topics. As I wrote before France chose a long time ago to switch from ROC/Taiwan to PRC in terms of diplomatic recognition because that was the pragmatic and realistic thing to do for France.

France trades with China because it is in its interest to do so, not because of any 'support' for China.

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Re:Lithuania evacuates its embassy in China by ChemSpider on Sunday December 19, 2021 @02:15PM (#29617253)
Nobody asks France or Germany to stop trading with China. But both countries should use more of their power to support a fellow democracy that is under threat.
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Re:Lithuania evacuates its embassy in China by mensetmanusman on Sunday December 19, 2021 @02:14PM (#29617251)
If any of these companies are in France, then there is domestic censorship in France on China-related topics:

https://mashable.com/article/china-censorship-companies-hong...

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Re:Lithuania evacuates its embassy in China by mytailorisrich on Monday December 20, 2021 @06:14AM (#29623534)
No... Private companies make their own commercial decisions. There is no censorship on these topics on the part of the French authorities.
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Re:Lithuania evacuates its embassy in China by mensetmanusman on Monday December 20, 2021 @08:39AM (#29624784)
That’s impossible to prove, because not talking about it intentionally is self censorship, but by definition it wouldn’t be talked about so there’s no way of knowing.
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