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Comment by ckugblenu | Hacker News Reader

This looks more like a global chess match than anything else.

This looks like the USA is afraid of China's might, so what else should it do than to fight it's rise and development with all means possible (like it's already doing in the Middle East [1]). Or did you actually think this is all about "democracy", "free markets", "dictators" and the like? When the battle gets rough, big guns show up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_containment

Or maybe this is retaliation for the billions Chinese companies have made off stolen American IP. Ever thought of that? To imply this is pure protectionism is over simplifying it.

Or maybe IP theft is retaliation for the opium wars.

It's silly to look at a centuries long geopolitical struggle for hegemony through the lens of fair play as though it's just a game among friends.

In which case this move against huawei is "just business".

It's their problem now to figure out how to develop top tier hardware and software without stealing it from American companies and rebranding it.

I thought the problem was that they had developed something better than what the US currently has, their 5G implementation, and that's what has the US worried.

I always thought that it was about 5G being a significant chunk of future telecom infrastructure (which impacts national defense) and they don't want to buy it from Chinese companies.

This goes beyond protectionism. It's more like mercantilism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantilism

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