It's actually a terrible explanation. As someone who's always been loudly worried about the US infrastructure, it's just so frustrating to see journalists fail to understand what's actually going on in different countries and what the real differences are and why they matter.
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Yeah, the idea that *all* fears of Chinese government's internet/AI infrastructure are racist is just nonsense. If anything, it disregards the incredible sacrifices Chinese people have made to resist it. I hope everyone writing on this can listed to the brave Chinese dissidents!
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That said, yeah, sure there is a lot of racism in the world and in this space; we should try to figure out which is which, something people commenting in this space routinely do because there is no single "Chinese" position. There is a government; there are dissidents etc.
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