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Comment by KumaBear | Hacker News Reader

Hostile? Us or them? I beg to differ who the hostile ones might be.

We are hostile to each other. It's ignorant or propagandistic to pretend it is only one sided. The concern is valid, if vague and unproven

USA is hostile to the entire world, because the US actions already for several years, but especially during the last year, have caused global price rises in more and more product categories, starting with smartphones, then with SSDs, then with DRAM and HDDs, and eventually with almost everything that is affected by energy costs.

This is not some hypothetical hostility, but billions of humans from all over the world have been losing more and more money in recent years and in recent months, from their own pockets, much of which eventually reaches US companies, like Qualcomm and Micron (or South-Korean companies, who have also benefited from the US policies).

Of course, China is not trustworthy, but until now, unless you are a neighbor like Taiwan, their hostility is only hypothetical and in the future, not real and in the present, like for USA.

China regularly conducts military, even live fire, exercises in the waters the South China Sea and surrounding waters, fishes and uses these water illegally, it helps Russia with its war against Ukraine, has provided assistance to Iran and continues to do so, has set up illegal policing units inside of other countries, conducts regular espionage, influence campaigns, propaganda, and infiltrates the political structures of other countries, and more. Unlike much (though not all) of what you blame the US for, these are all direct decisions by the state China rather than developments in its respective market by private actors.

China's hostility is not hypothetical. The US's hostility is not universal. I think my point about ignorance or propaganda is proven by your statement.

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