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>“We don’t support the government,” he said. “We are just developing our market.”

Considering the potential oppressive ramifications of such a system this could support the government a great deal.

Standard response from Chinese companies, "We are just doing business!" (We got families to immigrate to first world like party officials, need to make money fast!)

PS. Ctrip Founder levels with you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kF8yBZeSFU

Our middle and upper management members all sent their kids abroad, do their best to come by a (foreign) passport. Poor people don't mind, all they want is an apartment in Shanghai. It's not safe here, American education, air, and hospitals are just better.

> Standard response from Chinese companies

To be fair, it’s the same excuse Facebook used in Myanmar.

It's also a standard response from American companies making compromises to do business in China. Just look at the proposed Google search there.

Is YC involved in NEOM in Saudia Arabia? I know Sam Altman is involved. It's another example of profits over human rights.

>“We don’t support the government,” he said. “We are just developing our market.”

Wow, is that meant to be a justification? That sounds even worse than what they are denying. They're just saying, "I don't care about the consequences, I'm just here to make a buck."

Not "their" problem.. you could say the same about pretty much any other technology product.

People who tell blatant lies like this should be aware that they will eventually face the same fate as the oppressors they enable. The logic of capitalism will not serve as a defense, nor should it.

If its not Chinese then some other nation would have sold it to them. Its a very lucrative business to have access to data from general masses.

"It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come!" - Jesus

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