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KaoruAoiShiho ◴[] No.21191959[source]
Absolutely agree, it's time for American video games to stop publishing in China. It's not worth the Chinese influence on our society.
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Shivetya ◴[] No.21192116[source]
American video games? What about American companies that have factories there or other presence there? Hello Apple! Hello Tesla! Hello Google.

Blizzard has been bending over backwards for some time with regards to China but this is the first time I remember them taking action against someone who does not work for them.

the simple matter is, you cannot pick and choose, all the companies must be shamed into not bending to China's censorship because it won't be long before such actions suddenly show in law; not that some of the speech regulations in the EU aren't close as it is with regards to what you can and cannot say with regards to religions

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missosoup ◴[] No.21192424[source]
What factories?

Everyone already has or currently is moving manufacturing operations from China to Viet Nam or India.

5 more years and the only factories China will have are going to be domestic.

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echelon ◴[] No.21192583[source]
If we're going to repeat the same cycle with Vietnam and India, we'd do well to encourage democracy this go-around.

If we elevate authoritarian countries to our level, democracy may be in for a rough future.

We should be learning a lot from the China situation. Modern China proves that authoritarian capitalism works and that you don't need freedom or liberty for your citizens. And that's incredibly scary.

Imagine if that meme spreads to democratic countries...

We need to be handling this situation with urgency. As bad and as pressing an issue as climate change is, this is much more terrifying.

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1. pbourke ◴[] No.21192812[source]
> We need to be handling this situation with urgency.

We tried to - it was called the Trans Pacific Partnership. It included Vietnam. One of the Trump administration’s first acts was to kill it.

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2. barnesto ◴[] No.21193212[source]
It’s called winning and was the the right call. See bilat deals with Japan and South Korea. And soon with India and the U.K. Oh, don’t forget about USMCA that Congress needs to approve instead of holding back for politics.
3. TurkishPoptart ◴[] No.21193304[source]
What, a piece of crappy legislation that would allow corporations to sue sovereign states? That is not going to help this problem in our culture.