[derex]

Can you link reports on this or the source where you obtained this information?

In the US at least, the claim that “all Chinese companies are controlled government” is thrown around way too often without evidence backing it up. People seem to accept it as common sense that doesn’t need fact-checks anymore. I’m not saying you are one of them; I just wish we all verify non-obvious claims for our own benefits

[stjohnswarts]

You actually think that the largest communication app in China isn't under complete control of the CCP and that they don't have complete access to every transaction that flows through Wechat servers?

[zepto]

This seems like a ‘citation needed’ kind of dismissal.

These are obvious consequences of being required to have a CCP board member.

The government having a board member is by definition a form of government control.

These are not ‘non-obvious’ claims and as such they don’t need citations.

If you want to argue that somehow these conclusions aren’t reasonable, by all means do so. But no citation is needed.

[zepto]

Since people don’t seem to think this is obvious - the board has access to the company’s plans, therefore so does the CCP if there is a CCP board member.

Board members have access to the CEO and other managers, therefore the CCP board member can obviously make statements to management about what the CCP does and does not approve of.

No citation is needed to know that these are the consequences of having a CCP board member.