Gee, this is silly. Huawei invested huge money and efforts into the technology, and they deserve the right to monetize their innovation. They are the leaders in 5G, and legitimately came up with the patents. So if you want to use that tech, you should pay them, and I’m sure Apple will. Hardware and their own chips has nothing to do with patents and Apple has to pay, period. Or they’ll be sued in both the U.S. and China and won’t be able to sell their phones in China.
I have no doubt that Apple will pay. Btw. the entire campaign against Huawei wrt. 5G is BS and fear mongering, and really, just a way for the U.S. to try to deny Huawei leadership in a key technology - the ”security” concerns are a bunch of excuses and fake as all get out.
Not to say Huawei are saints as I’m sure they’re supplying tech to oppress the Uighurs, but really, it’s a judgment call, since some kind of tech is used in most nefarious things in almost any company - the Chinese are probably using MSFT Windows to run some aspect of those camps. It’s all relative.
Mostly, the Uighur treatment is an internal matter for China. Nobody else should have any say on it - many of the current China critics are guilty of much bigger genocide crimes, so kettle, pot, black. Mind your own business.
And there is a lot of racism in the attacks against China. Personally, I like the Chinese people, of those I’ve met, most were great folks. But it doesn’t matter.
That said, I’m not a fan of the Chinese political system. If I was, I’d be living there. As is, I will never visit China, have no intention to subject myself to their totalitarian system. The individual in China is nothing, lower than dirt - “grass under the Emperor’s feet”. You have no assurance of any rights (not that the U.S. is perfect in that respect - many “rights” are purely theoretical and not real for a lot of people - the poor, minorities etc.).
I think in the end, it will bite the Chinese - if nobody feels secure, they‘ll try to escape - this is how you get a lot of people looking to take money out of the country and live elsewhere. You won’t be able to keep good people long term. Not now, but once most Chinese become sufficiently educated and middle class, you’ll have problems - maybe in another 40-50 years.
So it’s a race against time. Will the Chinese politicians reform the system to retain the people, or will they keep on like that to their eventual disadvantage.
And if they keep up with that aggressive stance (see China shenanigans against Australia), and break international treaties (see Hong Kong), eventually, the world will unite against them - and while there is no doubt that China will become the #1 superpower in the world, it can’t dominate if *everyone* is opposed to them... and they’re making enemies at a record pace.
Best for BOTH the Chinese people, and the world, would be if China reformed. They don’t need to imitate anyone, but they do need to introduce a *real* rule of law and protections for individuals, every citizen, and be a responsible actor in the world. If they do so, they’ll DOMINATE the world, just as the U.S. did briefly - hopefully China will do a better job. But none of this will happen if they cling to their totalitarian system of today. Can they adapt? I believe so - the Chineses are amazingly talented and will manage to do what’s necessary. For their sake, and the world’s sake, I hope they succeed. YMMV.
And it’s disappointing to see the racism and ignorance on display here against the Chinese.
