Keep thinking China is just like US is why Singaporeans are so naive about China. They think they can interpret what happens in China as if China is a normal country like US.
Why did Jack Ma leave alibaba? Why was alibaba broken up into a dozen small pieces? Why did he sell now while Xi is going around the world saying China is open to foreigners coming in doing business in China?
We are talking about companies and their founders’ behaviors. Somehow, everything @manch think of is politics.
Politics is something average person can’t understand, somehow some people who don’t even hold a public office position before think they know what they are talking about. IMHO, better to stay business and not mess with politics.
Nothing is binary. It’s always to what degree is something true or not true.
Reminds me of an old Soviet joke.
An American said to a Russian: "I can chant ‘Death to America’ right in front of the White House and nobody will arrest me. Can you do the same at Kremlin?’
Russian said: “I can also chant ‘Death to America’ right in front of the Kremlin and nobody will arrest me”.
Guess you will tell me both countries have the same degree of speech freedom.