China Deserves Donald Trump

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/opinion/china-trump-trade.html

by rm2889 • 7 years ago

3 6 7 years ago

so he’d be wise to curb his nationalistic “no-one-tells-China-what-to-do” bluster

This comment highlights both ignorance of Chinese history and continuing American arrogance.

China has been painfully dictated what to do during the last 200 years. This has had a profound effect on the country and has led to the collapse of imperial rule and the drive to 'rejuvenate' the country (to use the official term in China).

This is also arrogant because it suggests that China should be told what to do coming from THE country (the USA) that really is the archetype of "no-one tells us what to do".

I would quip that one of the US's issues with China is that China is not told what to do and is too big to be easily coerced. A bit of a rude awakening for the US...

Huawei then uses ... its rising global market dominance to set the next generation of global 5G telecom standards around its own technologies, not those of Qualcomm or Sweden’s Ericsson.

Which is exactly what Qualcomm did for 3G. Don't hate the player, hate the game.

Fjolsvith2• 7 years ago

> so he’d be wise to curb his nationalistic “no-one-tells-China-what-to-do” bluster This comment highlights both ignorance of Chinese history and continuing American arrogance.
China has been painfully dictated what to do during the last 200 years. This has had a profound effect on the country and has led to the collapse of imperial rule and the drive to 'rejuvenate' the country (to use the official term in China).

I disagree. China has been given some unfair advantages in order to help it build its economy over the last 40 years. Instead of growing up and becoming an adult, they've become the playground bully with their IP theft and closed market.

This is also arrogant because it suggests that China should be told what to do coming from THE country (the USA) that really is the archetype of "no-one tells us what to do".

If China doesn't figure out the game real fast, they're going to lose it. And to do that, they really need to do what people are telling them they should do.

NotPaidToPost3• 7 years ago

I disagree

I should point that the part of my comment you quoted expressed the historical reality, not an opinion.

cfarm• 7 years ago

This article makes a good point about "cheating". I personally don't like that word here, but by blocking other companies like Amazon, Google, FB, etc from entering in China, then copying those companies and selling the products to the rest of the world, this presents a problem for trade fairness.

China Deserves Donald Trump

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