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That's the gist of China's admission to the WTO: they would have in no way qualified in terms of transparency or free trade, but promises were made that things would change.

They didn't.

If Chinese products are so yellow-star-spangled awesome, then why not let their citizens choose freely between Chinese and foreign products?

Free trade is a two way street.

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In the case of smartphones, they do have a choice, and a lot of people still choose iPhones and some even Samsung. Hardware isn’t really an area locked down like internet services are.

But the “stacks” in the play store. There is no google play.

There's no google play because China banned Google. China banned Google because Google refused to remove censor politic contents. That contents mostly from An anti-CCP cult called FaLunGong and some other dissidents which all supported by the US.

What are you even talking about?

There are plenty of choices between domestic and foreign products in China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7Jxci7d8UM

On the other hand, good luck getting a Chinese smartphone in the US now. Better pony up your $1K+ for Tim Cook.

> What are you even talking about?

It is well understood that the ability of foreign companies to do business in China is extremely constrained. Considering that the topic is Android, it seems worth noting that basically every Google service is blocked in China by the Great Firewall.

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