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    Further, the guy above goes “look at how Xi is suplexing Taiwan?!?!”

    I think you’re the only one reading it that way. The rest of us understand that it happens within a context of an autoritarian regime.

    which is in the hands of a private company which largely operates independently of the government

    Independent untill the party decides they’re not independent. (Eg).

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      Independent untill the party decides they’re not independent. (Eg).

      Again another non-sequitor that has nothing to do with the topic at hand. Nobody disagrees that China doesn’t like people publicly criticizing their government.

      That has rigorously NOTHING to do with the normal operation of companies that do not engage with politics in China, which is what I was talking about before you barged in.

      Also, it is the US that has been kidnapping people into unmarked vans and arresting people at airport, detaining them for however long, and deporting them to countries that aren’t their own for as little as having a meme criticizing the current US regime.

      So really, which one is the dictatorship?

      The sooner we stop seeing China as enemies, the better. We need them more than ever now that the US has decided to go full mask off.

      BYD is free to operate as it wishes in China, along with several millions of other companies. And their products are good.

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        that do not engage with politics in China

        There’s no such thing. A person nor company can’t unilaterally decide “not to engage with politics”, as politics engages with them in thousands of ways. The best they can do is self-censorship, which, even when successfull, is in itself a form of political engagement.

        which one is the dictatorship?

        False dichotomy 🙄

        We need them more than ever now that the US has decided to go full mask off.

        Who’s “we” in this case? And why would they “need” someone now, because of stuff in the US?

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          We as in Europeans, which I assume most of the user base here to be, unlike Reddit. Sorry if my assumption bothers you.