"Beijing was not happy last year when some big internet companies invested heavily in apps that sell vegetables to local residents. That’s because the apps could replace the mom-and-pop vegetable stands where many lower-income people make a living." Those... monsters...
The article portrays regulation as corporations having their 'rights' violated by an 'authoritarians'.
https://twitter.com/LiYuan6/status/1416986500202258438
"For the companies, it’s helpful to know Beijing’s priorities. Domestically, that is to reduce inequality and promote what the party calls 'collective prosperity.'"
Horrifying. Why isn't the UN condemning this?
Horrifying. Why isn't the UN condemning this?
"Beijing also went after Ant Group ... because it believed that Ant made it too easy for young people to take out personal loans, building up social discontent."
Tyrannical!
Tyrannical!
"The government cracked down on the online education industry, too, which officials believe profits from playing on the anxieties of parents. That, in turn, has increased the cost of raising children."
Who would want to live in a society like this?
Who would want to live in a society like this?
Starting to think comrade @LiYuan6 was doing some esoteric writing here, compiling a list of awesome things the CPC has been doing in China and sneaking it past the NYT censors by framing it as a self-serving power grab.
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