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China's tactics aren't really any better (allow blatant IP theft).

I suppose the only real difference was that this wasn't well-known in advance. It's like the Joker's statement about people losing their shit when something happens unannounced but being orderly when much worse is announced in advance.

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China hasn't taken any actions comparable to this. This would be like shutting down Apple's production lines in China with no warning - essentially a coup de grace to a major tech company.

We already don't trust China though. That's the difference.

Who are "we" here? Readers of hacker news, or your family which you may or may not have the right to represent?

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