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Chinese authoritarian state intervention isn't a bogeyman, it's a real threat first and foremost to its own people, and secondarily to those who do (especially tech) business there.

Just because a real threat is widely acknowledged doesn't make it a bogeyman. Bogeymen, after all, are mythical. Chinese tyranny isn't.

Sure, that is why all big gorillas are there. Go talk to them and see how receptive they are. Or try to convince you government to cut all ties.

I didn't understand this comment at all. Could you please rephrase it?

I think he's trying to say that rights abuses are justified by success (the "gorilla" sized companies patronizing them).

No, it doesn't make much sense to me, either.

Wait, isn't Porkbun based out of Portland?

Good service, but their stupid whois privacy guard email system means you would need to turn privacy off to transfer a domain away from them, that always put me off.

How is Porkbun related to China? I thought they were US based.