[guessthejuice]

Of course. There is no such thing as laissez-faire governance. All major economies have a close government-corporate structure because every major economy modeled themselves after the most successful economy in the world - the US economy.

We tell ourselves that there is a separation of government and private enterprise, but that hasn't been the case since day 1 when george washington's first move was to use tariffs to protect US companies. When our military was used to exterminate the natives to clear the way for railroads. When the US government annexed territory from texas to hawaii for corporate interests. Or when our government toppled latin american regimes so that our corporations could gain access to new markets.

Just like now all modern cities look like american cities ( skyscrapers ) and they have all same companies, all major economies ( especially the asian economies ) modeled themselves after 19th century US economy. China pretty much copied our playbook.

[kryogen1c]

While what you're saying isnt wrong, it's not whats being discussed and not comporbable to China's actions. US doesn't make Google's competitors illegal.

[nrow]

Google isn't illegal in China. Unless you count its current form, but that is true for e.g. European gambling sites in the US. You can certainly argue that Google shouldn't be in China because of Chinese laws, but Google are the ones who made that decision. Which is apparently getting reverted and a major win for Chinese government.

[ced]

> All major economies have a close government-corporate structure because every major economy modeled themselves after the most successful economy in the world - the US economy.

You make it sound like a US invention, but it's way older. I'd be more interested in learning of a counterexample. Which significant government didn't have too-close ties with its industries?