China reaches for the Basketball

[mrswdk]

Should the US ban a Chinese company if one employee in any sort of managerial position posted something supportive of Black Live Matter?

False equivalency. As others have said, the Chinese government played no part in this NBA story. A valid comparison would be, should a Chinese company censor one of its employees if that employee posts something supportive of the Occupy movement?

If an employee of my (UK) company used an official, company-linked Twitter account to post messages in support of a US protest movement I would expect them to be told to take it down. Political protests in the US have nothing to do with our business and posting about those sorts of issues is divisive. It risks needlessly pissing off potential clients and collaborators.

Not allowing corporate accounts to be used to support political causes is totally standard practice.

[mookiemcgee]

Should the US ban a Chinese company if one employee in any sort of managerial position posted something supportive of Black Live Matter?

False equivalency. As others have said, the Chinese government played no part in this NBA story. A valid comparison would be, should a Chinese company censor one of its employees if that employee posts something supportive of the Occupy movement?

If an employee of my (UK) company used an official, company-linked Twitter account to post messages in support of a US protest movement I would expect them to be told to take it down. Political protests in the US have nothing to do with our business and posting about those sorts of issues is divisive. It risks needlessly pissing off potential clients and collaborators.

Not allowing corporate accounts to be used to support political causes is totally standard practice.

I actually agree with the idea that buisness should take care of business, and there should be accountability from the guy who tweeted...but if state owned media pulled coverage of the event in reaction that is the chinese gov't involving itself. Then again, I'm not saying the US is much better anymore if the AG gets to fire Fox News anchors.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/shep-smith-out-at-fox-news-one-day-after-bill-barrs-meeting-with-rupert-murdoch/?fbclid=IwAR1afTmYgXR9l_o1TosKD5Xa2X-L4tlV1wOeYQMKU9qwv2mHl0ExLrKtIX4

[spurgistan]

State Sanctioned Amazon Equivalent (Alibaba)

Alibaba is a Chinese company, therefore it is controlled by the Chinese government! McCarthy would be proud.

Do you ever stop and wonder whether the propaganda you're fed might not be the whole story, or do you just trust that the five people who control all of US government and media are fair, unbiased and full imparters of all truth in the world?

I didn't write that.

[mrswdk]

State Sanctioned Amazon Equivalent (Alibaba)

Alibaba is a Chinese company, therefore it is controlled by the Chinese government! McCarthy would be proud.

Do you ever stop and wonder whether the propaganda you're fed might not be the whole story, or do you just trust that the five people who control all of US government and media are fair, unbiased and full imparters of all truth in the world?

I didn't write that.

My bad @tzor

[spurgistan]

Should the US ban a Chinese company if one employee in any sort of managerial position posted something supportive of Black Live Matter?

False equivalency. As others have said, the Chinese government played no part in this NBA story. A valid comparison would be, should a Chinese company censor one of its employees if that employee posts something supportive of the Occupy movement?

If an employee of my (UK) company used an official, company-linked Twitter account to post messages in support of a US protest movement I would expect them to be told to take it down. Political protests in the US have nothing to do with our business and posting about those sorts of issues is divisive. It risks needlessly pissing off potential clients and collaborators.

Not allowing corporate accounts to be used to support political causes is totally standard practice.

Daryl Morey used his personal Twitter account to send a tweet supporting Hong Kong. The Rocket's owner told him to delete it despite it not being a corporate account.

[tzor]

A quick count shows me that I've boarded planes in at least 10 countries in the last 10 years. I have always had to show ID. The ID check is before you go to your gate, thus applies to all flights (international and domestic) in each of these.

Traditionally, the use of ID was only to verify you were the one to whom the plane ticket / reservation is for. Then when security checks insisted that only ticketed passengers be at the gates, identification, along with the ticket was required. But now you need either a passport or a bio metric driver's license in order to get to the gate area.

[tzor]

Alibaba is a Chinese company, therefore it is controlled by the Chinese government! McCarthy would be proud.

Alibaba is a Chinese Company.
Alibaba was run by Jack Ma.
Jack Ma is a Communist Party member (Thanks Reuters!)
The Communist Party IS THE GOVERNMENT of China.
Therefore " it is controlled by the Chinese government!"
Q.E.D.

The People’s Daily revealed Ma’s Party membership in a list of 100 people it said had helped drive the country “reform and opening up” process. Ma is China’s richest man with a fortune of $35.8 billion, according to Forbes.

It was unclear why the paper chose to mention Ma’s affiliation now but it comes amid a push by Beijing to bring the country’s private enterprises more in line with Party values, especially in the technology sector that has grown rapidly, driven by the successes of private firms.

Jack Ma is now retired ... I wonder why?

It is believed that through his retirement, Ma has avoided being caught up in the Chinese government’s crackdown of big dealmakers in recent years, such as HNA Group’s Wang Jian, Anbang Insurance Group’s Wu Xiaohui, and movie star Fan Bingbing. The latter two “disappeared” for months at one point, according to observers.

“He’s getting an airlift before the hammer falls because he clearly would have been the most high-profile scalp within the private sector,” said Howie, adding that Ma’s case also fires a warning shot across the bow of the country’s rich and famous.

Additionally, the fact that some of the country’s tycoons, including Ma, have pledged to hand over control of their businesses to the Communist Party if needed, epitomizes the lopsided relationship between the state and the private sector under the leadership of President Xi Jinping.

[mrswdk]

Jack Ma is a Communist Party member (Thanks Reuters!)
The Communist Party IS THE GOVERNMENT of China.
Therefore " it is controlled by the Chinese government!"

The CEO of FedEx is a Republican Party member.
The Republican Party IS THE GOVERNMENT of America.
Therefore Fedex "is controlled by the American government!"