That's the question! It's a genuine question without an obvious answer to me, and I don't think "just because they can" answers it. There are many instances in the past where they behave differently. What's going on now?https://twitter.com/andersen/status/1184173199954763778 …
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More fodder for my question. All this out of weakness or strength? https://twitter.com/birdyword/status/1184490240649515008 …
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This had been a debate in China, notably w/ Amb Wu Jianmin arguing China should shed a “weak country” habit of snapping at every slight. http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/827313.shtml … “China has to learn how to get used to various critical and even nit-picking comments.” Wu died in a car crash in 2016.
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Contrast this moment with earlier smarter moves, though. Is it a change? Is it out of strength or weakness?
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I think the obvious answer(s) are, "Because they think they can" – and so far they're correct, at least in the short term. I've been wondering over the last few days, from these incidents as well as others, whether capitalism is hopelessly corrupt. (cont)
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Hopelessly in the sense of, "Authoritarians use capitalism against nominal democracies to corrupt them and turn their tides towards authoritarianism domestically." In other words, capitalism is/as a vector for the spread of authoritarianism.
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Can you ask the Atlantic to link to https://hkmap.live/ - as a website as well as an app
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I have vague memories from years ago of US airlines or similar companies being forced to slavishly apologize for (I think) listing Taiwan as a separate country on their website pulldown menus. It seemed like the exact same dynamic.
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The Chinese government forced a public apology from Mattel in 2007https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/22/business/worldbusiness/22toys.html …
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IMO, China "threw a fit over minor things" with Apple & NBA to test the water. China's leaders want to know what to expect, and how to take advantage, when major "things" come up in the future.
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