Who needs the ChiComs when you have google, Facebook, twitter, Microsoft and dozens of other filthy rich corporations.
A point sadly missed by many who do not understand the influence the CCP has on our tech oligarchy simply by regulating access to Chinese markets.
It is not just “direct money”. There is an indirect influence they have by using our own companies to implement their will.
“It is not just “direct money”. There is an indirect influence they have by using our own companies to implement their will.”
True, but those companies are firmly on the side of the Rats regardless of any pressure from the chinese.
And currently Google, Facebook and Twitter are all banned in China.