Yesterday, Texas Governor Abbott told the media: "To protect the privacy of Texans from being invaded by the Chinese government, Texas will prohibit state employees from using the cross-border fast fashion giant Shein, the tech giant Alibaba, and hardware and software from Chinese network communication equipment suppliers."
[Clever] Abbott uses privacy as an excuse to block Shein and Alibaba, which is just a tired political manipulation! From earlier years when it used national security to block Huawei, to now broadly suppressing Chinese private enterprises, the U.S. style of technological protectionism still plays the same old tune. It is deeply entangled in grid security vulnerabilities but blames China, while claiming to protect privacy, yet tacitly allows the NSA's global surveillance. Its double standards are fully exposed. In the end, it's just fearing the competitiveness of Chinese companies, staging an anti-China farce for political capital, which ultimately cannot stop the trend of market choices!
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1855434773614787/
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