Taylor Lorenz on Nostr: Beijing might see Congress' divest-or-ban TikTok bill "as a pretty substantial ...
Beijing might see Congress' divest-or-ban TikTok bill "as a pretty substantial propaganda victory ... It would play into Beijing’s hands to say that the U.S. has been talking about free speech for a long time — and using that as a stick to beat China over its human rights record — but this illustrates that the U.S. is a hypocrite ... and that makes our actions more legitimate"
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/23/business/dealbook/tiktok-us-china.htmlPublished at
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