[yesforwhat]

> Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, Huawei, etc. are corporate entities separate from the Chinese government.

Not quite.

[jhanschoo]

Since the default expectation is that public companies operate quite independently from the govt., it would be nice to reference some sources alleging with evidence close relationships between these companies and the Chinese govt.

[thedailymail]

Huawei: https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Huawei-affair-growing-Commun...

Alibaba: https://www.businessinsider.com/alibaba-jack-ma-outed-as-a-m...

Tencent: https://www.axios.com/china-big-tech-alibaba-tencent-communi...

Baidu: https://www.afr.com/news/world/asia/chinese-tech-giants-like...

[shanghaiaway]

You're clueless