[largehotcoffee]

>Simply put, Huawei's products have better quality and companies in the US can't compete with it.

>I'm now typing on a Huawei Matebook 13 and carrying a Huawei Mate 10 phone. Those things have amazing quality and it's a real pity customers can't have them in the States.

You have an interesting post history supporting Huawei for an account only a month old...

[whynotminot]

This kind of thing is becoming really common lately. Not just Chinese companies doing this -- Qualcomm shills have been relentless whenever there's new press out regarding their legal battle with Apple, for example.

I wonder if it's just part of the "package" when a company buys the services of a marketing or PR company these days. Maybe before it was just a few phone calls to some editors to get some puff pieces in magazines and an ad campaign.

Now it's those things too, but also a massive online wave of comments across the web and social media to push a narrative in a certain direction.

[JohnJamesRambo]

I'm so sick of it. It just makes me want to stop using these portions of the internet completely. It is naive to think that companies aren't putting as much into social media manipulation campaigns as they do into advertising.

[SyneRyder]

Was that quoting from their flagged comment, or from their post history? Because if it's from the flagged comment, they posted exactly the same comment yesterday on another HN post:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19015649

[thetechlead]

my flagged post was about how the OP misinterpreted the chinese phrase (since you asked i include below). thats why I questioned what his point is. in my old post i was also critisizing huaweis early products as cheap knockoff but he seemed not bothered to quote.

reposting here:

> In China, stealing trade secrets is called “打破技术封锁” (breaking the technical blockade).

Wow. This is a blatant lie. Where did you get this piece? The Chinese phrase means developing the technology to a certain level that an embargo no longer works as intended. There are plenty examples in space technologies - US prohibits NASA collaboration with China and there are indigenous innovation breakthrough from within like landing on the far side of the moon.

[SyneRyder]

Thanks for clearing that up - it wasn't clear to me if you were being accused of repeatedly posting exactly the same comment, or just comments supportive of Huawei & China in general.

[thetechlead]

You're welcome to read all my posts and comments, and they are public. I have been reading hacker news for a few years and only recently wanted to sign up. so what's your point?

[seppin]

You are nakedly cheerleading for an authoritarian China and it's creepy and weird.

[ahoyleo]

So it must be shills to be supportive of China? Have you considered supporting China may be quite a popular opinion among the Chinese people both domestically and overseas?

[mrkstu]

Most westerners appreciate a balance between supporting one's country of origin in a generic, thoughtful way, and unthinking jinoism[0].

Part of the mental maturity process is being able to see the greater affects of the policies of one's country on the wider world, and advocating for policies which enhance things for the greater world while still being positive for one's own country. That maturity process is naturally short circuited in authoritarian countries like China.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingoism

[fgdjfjgdkhgdjg]

You seem to not have come across this so I'll spell it out.

Authoritarian China controls both the education, media and internet. It can and does fan the flames of ethnonationalism for political purposes.

The propaganda is usually reasonable sounding, but actually incorrect reading of history.

The more nationalist individuals make their own decisions and are encouraged to be themselves propagandists. Especially spreading propaganda towards other ethnically Chinese people but also to the wider world.

The infectiousness and effectiveness of this propaganda is actually quite fascinating to observe.

Everywhere on the internet there are examples of this information warfare.

[thetechlead]

where did you get this piece of crap? i have lived in china and us, both countries have pros and cons, things that their people should be proud of. its weird that you label my post as nakedly cheerleading