Apple has been and will continue to be the perfect "useful idiot" playing perfectly into the Communist Party of China's (CPC) long term strategy. Apple has been regarded as the high end luxury manufacturer, but has a limited global market share. The CPC relies on Apple's US market share because it "funds" Apple's tech R&D investment - this technology, paid for by the US consumer, ultimately gets transferred to China. The CPC has had its "fingers in the pie" of every Apple product manufactured in China. This has allowed China to accomplish its goals of technology acquisition without paying the associated costs.
This has resulted in a tremendous transfer of not just wealth, but the method of producing wealth, out of the USA - something the leaders of Google, Apple, et.al. see as an accomplishment.
These companies are run by the "Tech Mafia" which has taken notice of how the Communist Party of China (CPC) operates, and have implemented a similar operational structure within the US tech industry. The CPC operates by imbedding CPC members on the boards and upper management tiers of Chinese companies. These Chinese companies may appear to have "western style" management, but they are run by the CPC.
This is why Huawei's CFO arrest is such a big deal - she's "The Money" connection between the CPC and Huawei.
US "Big Tech" has implemented their very own "shadow party" similar to the CPC by embedding their "members" within everything from "gate keeper" Venture Capitol firms all the way up the structure to the boards and upper management tiers of major US corporations. The US government and major political parties are practically subordinate to this USA tech mafia. US tech companies lobbying for Huawei, which is really a "ketou" to the CPC, proves this. The tech mafia actually admires the CPC's control, and have placed their own desire to have such control above any broader US national interests. This in turn plays directly into the CPC's plan to attain global dominance without a "hot" war - and a tactic taken straight out of Sun Tzu's book "The Art of War".
Never before in human history has the creation so much wealth been contained by so few people as in the current US tech industry. For the last hundred-ish years or so (since “Vladimir read a book on Karl”) there has been discussion and some thankfully failed experiments with how to organize the “ownership of production” for industry. Today’s current tech ‘titans’ have undoubtedly been exposed to this thinking and have begun implementation of an upgrade - Version 2.0.
Version 2.0 strives to redistribute the means of producing wealth globally. This would seem like an admirable goal, and some western European countries have been able to create systems on their own - but these countries have advanced rule of law that enabled sustainable creation of wealth. China is not a rule of law country, which is why they must resort to foul play.
US tech leaders have placed western society at great danger by their misguided thinking and actions.
The Communist Part of China (CPC) is an authoritarian dictatorship that censors and thereby controls its own citizens. But the CPC cannot control people outside of its fiefdom - not realizing this has become their greatest error and will lead to the CPCs downfall.
US "leaders", including government and private industry, have also failed miserably in protecting their citizens from hostile foreign actions. But "We the People" now understand this and are free to make changes in our government, and industries. We do not live behind a "Great Firewall" so we are able to equip ourselves with accurate information to take informed actions.
And here's where China has created a huge mess in this regard:
https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2...a-meng-wanzhou-told-staff-one-may-accept-risk
Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei quote:
“The US has very strict compliance policies, but American companies are used to it,” Ren said. “Nobody dares to flout the law, it has become a habit, and they can still achieve high speeds. Our company has not yet formed this habit, that is why communication costs are too high.”
This quote from the CEO of Huawei damages all credibility. He's directly saying Huawei uses NON-compliance to maintain a cost advantage over competition. The US walked away from a trade deal because China refuses to implement laws that enforce compliance - This means China is NOT a "rule of law" country - because - It's authoritarian dictatorship and doesn't really need laws anyway.
Also consider:
https://thediplomat.com/2019/02/the-real-danger-of-chinas-national-intelligence-law/
Another Danger of China’s National Intelligence Law is that it essentially "conscripts" Chinese nationals in a similar manner to how Japanese nationals were conscripted during world war 2. This ended very badly for Japanese citizens in many Japanese cities (and specifically two - if you know history) at the end of the war.
So:
1. Chinese companies willfully engage in non-compliance, and even make it "company policy" to do so.
2. The Chinese Government requires their citizens to engage in spying.
3. The US Government has been derelict in their duty to defend the US against hostile actions perpetrated by China - and - US Industry leaders have been profiting from this dereliction.
This situation has created justification for US INDIVIDUALS to take direct action against Chinese interests, and Chinese nationals.
China is capable of protecting its interests within its borders, but China doesn't even have a "Blue Water" navy, so this leaves their global interests and expatriate citizenry (spies) vulnerable.
So, Ren Zhengfei, Xi Jinping, et al.: You believe willful non-compliance is acceptable, so don't whine about China's "Hurt Feelings" when some VERY creative non-compliance adversely affects your interests, or the interests of your country and citizens. Remember: You started this, but people in the US have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, even in the absence of effective government.
