[DUMBGRUNT]

Or maybe an inscrutable plan to besmirch Apple in China?

Huawei needs the work.

[jacknhoo]

Atheists have no morals: https://nypost.com/2019/06/23/the-ugly-truth-about-chinas-organ-harvesting/

[null and void]

iPhones are assembled in China, I wouldn’t doubt that the PLA makes sure there are back doors even Apple doesn’t know about.

[PGR88]

China, its culture and the Han race have been distinct entities for 4000+ years. Their “Great Wall” mentality cuts both ways - can be cruel to non-conformists and cultural outsiders, yet has sustained them and been the basis of continued nationhood for all this time.

Like many nations of Asia, China acquired its “Muslim Problem” when national borders were being established in the modern era / 19th century.

[Redwood71]

How does anyone think we found Bin Laden? We got at him by triangulating phones, some taken of Hassan Ghul, a currier and ranking officer in Al Qaeda. He was captured by Kurdish forces and handed to us in 2004.

rwood