https://www.reuters.com/technology/bytedance-prefers-tiktok-shutdown-us-if-legal-options-fail-sources-say-2024-04-25/

  • zed_proclaimer [he/him]
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    8 months ago

    Good. China should also retaliate and start forcing American companies in China to hand over ownership

          • take_five_seconds [he/him, any]
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            8 months ago

            Overheard in The Great Hall of the People after the Hexbear post: “They got me,” Xi said of Hexbear's dunk on him. "That fucking Hexbear boomed me." Xi added, “They're so good at posting,” repeating it four times. Xi then said he wanted to add Hexbear to the list of liberal revisionists he dislikes this summer. xi

            edit: need a better joke for the last sentence

        • Muad'Dibber@lemmygrad.ml
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          8 months ago

          Luckily for us the PRC isn't as easy to manipulate as marty mcfly in back to the future (oh you called me chicken? Guess I'll do whatever you want me to do now). They ain't taking the bait.

    • AcidLeaves [they/them, he/him]
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      8 months ago

      They already do....

      Almost everything foreign in China is 51% state owned. McDonald's franchises, Costcos, Gucci stores, etc.

      • zed_proclaimer [he/him]
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        8 months ago

        Those places entered into China while agreeing to those restrictions. That’s different than the US allowing foreign investment then rugpulling it and stealing the Chinese owned portion of a business after the fact.

        In order to retaliate, China needs to seize or steal American capital.

            • AcidLeaves [they/them, he/him]
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              8 months ago

              CPC has something called a golden share in a lot of companies. It's a 1% equity stake that allows for overruling voting power in certain elections

              • HexBroke
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                6 months ago

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      • TRexBear
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        8 months ago

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