[awl130]

"That's how the government works". Calm down. Huawei has been shut out of America (and many other allies) because of allegations of ties to the Chinese government. Amazon is on the cusp of winning a $10B contract for the Pentagon. So, same thing. America and China are now explicitly strategic competitors, both governments have been saying that for the past 2 years. It's about competition, not about totalitarian repression.

[manigandham]

I'm perfectly calm. The US government is nowhere near as protectionist and controlling as China's. This is indisputable. The current administration is starting to change policies to at least counter some of the control China extends beyond its borders.

Totalitarian control has an effect on competition. Those cannot be independent.

[dfischer]

No, not the same thing when there's evidence of lawbreaking and eavesdropping.