[rnewme]

In late 2022 our telco soft eng team got purged and everyone who was even friends with people who might be Chinese were removed from the project. That included the original architect and product owner, both Americans but with Chinese roots. So there that!

[throw4f3245y]

I wonder if there would be more outrage if this was done to those with Israeli connections? Yes, Israel is an ally but they have been known to spy on us and share our secrets with other nations, like China.

[_lvbh]

I don't like this. Feels like easily become racist. E.g. people from Southeast Asia, Japan, or Korea who might not even speak Chinese but getting fired because they "look Chinese"

[decafninja]

I don’t like this either. It falls under what I referred to as “highly controversial” choices.

But I also don’t doubt that if the coin was flipped, China would not hesitate at all to fire any non-Chinese person from such sensitive projects, and all without any outcry you would see in the West.

[expedition32]

Racism against Chinese fuels Chinese patriotism and nationalism which is weaponised by the CCP.

I believe that a democratic China would still want to beat the West and become a superpower.