[emiliosic]

'authoritarian regime' is a slippery slope. There can be clear human violations, but at what point does a government become authoritarian? USA has plenty of violations on its shoulders, perhaps complicit in many others. I would not call it authoritarian but it has been repressive (Citing USA as a clear example, not picking on particular politics). Genocide is distinctively clear from freedom of expression, so by no means should this be constructed to justify that. A war has many battles, so perhaps in this case there would be compromises. Why these companies are working with China needs a deeper discussion.

[lotusmars]

Why do you always bring up USA when people are talking about injustices in other countries?

Every time.

[walteweiss]

They could be simply paid opinions.

[Talanes]

Assumablely in this hypothetical, it would be the USA arresting Cook and Pachai, no?

[Nemerie]

If you mean discussions at HN then that may be because folks here are mostly Americans who are interested in and aware of things in their country like any other nation. As a Russian (concluded from your post history), don't you see the same thing in Russian communities?