[stratocumulus0]

At the same time, foreign companies are only allowed to operate in China through partnerships with Chinese companies. Why should we play fair if they don't?

[tsimionescu]

By this logic, the US should start imprisoning people who aren't vocal enough about being anti-China, right? Why should the US play fair if China isn't?

[ascorbic]

China is a totalitarian dictatorship with complete surveillance over the domestic internet. Not really comparable.

[Lordarminius]

And you think America is not ?

[chenster]

The difference is communists spying on Americans vs Americans spying on Americans.

[wilg]

yeah and we don't want them having a surveillance tool over a huge part of our domestic internet

[DiogenesKynikos]

That's not actually true. JV requirements are limited to a small (and constantly shrinking) number of economic sectors. Many, many large US companies own their own operations in China.