[threeseed]

It's not racist to be wary of relying on Chinese technology.

The country is a pretty vicious dictatorship without any of the norms e.g. independent judiciary, free media etc we would want. Which combined with the fact that the government routinely injects itself into how private businesses run means you can't depend on any consistent set of rules.

[pjmlp]

"The Costs of Unlawful US Detentions and Interrogations Post-9/11"

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/09/legacy-dark-side

"Globalizing Torture: CIA Secret Detention and Extraordinary Rendition"

https://www.justiceinitiative.org/publications/globalizing-t...

[kergonath]

“But what about this entirely unrelated thing”?

Also, why do so many trolls assume that anyone who criticise a second or third world country is automatically American?

I will say this as a non-American: the US are great for a lot of things and terrible for a lot of others. They have a lot to answer for, and what you mention is barely scratching the surface, as for any country with a bit of history. I still don’t want China to have any control over what happens here and I am still never buying anything from Huawei. Same for Russia, for that matter.

[cpursley]

You buy plenty from both even if you don’t realize it.

The food you ate today has a high likelihood of being fertilized with Russian inputs.

The hardware you typed your comment up on was probably made in China.

[kergonath]

> You buy plenty from both even if you don’t realize it.

You misread. I am not buying from Huawei (and a couple of others, not all Chinese, and not all for the same reasons).

> The food you ate today has a high likelihood of being fertilized with Russian inputs.

Importing raw material is strikingly unlike importing cutting edge telecommunication devices. Thanks for making that point, I thought it was obvious.

> The hardware you typed your comment up on was probably made in China.

Indeed it is. You are very smart.

[threeseed]

And China detains and tortures people as well.

Not sure what that has to do with technology.

[zamadatix]

I think the link to patents implies a response to the copycat part. Though, while they certainly do more than just copy, it does seem to be more prevalent there despite the absolute number of patents issued.

[bdcravens]

Perhaps, but very few people are wary of Chinese technology, they just virtue signal for particular examples like Huawei.

[cpursley]

I was specifically replying the the "copycat" comment, not the "reliance' one.