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Your comment is false, just read your own linked article.

China was just reducing the number of ‘restricted industries’ to 106 from 117 (this alone is a joke), but companies can still acquire only a minority stake. They need a partner.

The only non-Chinese company in China is Elon Musk’s Tesla. It’s the only exemption.

Oh, and what does it mean anyway when the Chinese government issues such lists or introduces any laws. The owners of China’s AI company Manus also played by the rules and sold their company to Meta as announced already in December 2025, but now China blocks the $2bn acquisition of AI start-up Manus:

Beijing’s National Development and Reform Commission [has] prohibited foreign investment in the deal, requiring “the parties involved to withdraw the acquisition transaction”.

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The European measures represent even far less than what China has been doing. Non-Chinese companies can’t establish a subsidiary in China, they always need a Chinese partner that would then own the majority of the Chinese joint venture. And that’s just one among many other protectionist rules that illustrate how the Chinese Communist Party shields its domestic supply chains, including the use of forced labour.

That’s a deeply hypocritical, artificially constructed outcry by a Chinese regime that more and more depends on exports amid soft domestic demand. They are nervous.

A quick reminder that non-Chinese companies can’t establish a subsidiary in China, they always need a Chinese partner that would then own the majority of the Chinese joint venture. And that’s just one among many other protectionist rules that illustrate how the Chinese Communist Party shields its domestic supply chains, including the use of forced labour.

Among others, you are using wsws[dot]org. They are explicitly spreading Chinese propaganda narratives only, they don’t even hide it, particularly narratives regarding Beijing’s warmongering around Taiwan. Just read your own post history.

As I already said, you have been frequently posting pro-China and pro-Russia propaganda. The tankie here is you. For the next disinformation campaign by Russia in Cyprus, there is much evidence cited in the linked article.

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RT is the same level as the wsws [dot]org which is spreading primarily pro-China propaganda. You, @[email protected], are using it frequently.

From that point of view, I fully get why someone like you isn’t happy when reading independent research (which is what the article is citing and linking to) that is pro-democracy. It’s apparently not your thing.

The Chinese government picks on everyone it seems, it has nothing to do specifically with the UK or any country.

Can’t read the article as it’s paywalled.

But this is what Russia has been saying for more than 4 years now. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s strikes on port infrastructure, pipelines and refineries have reduced the Kremlin export capability by 1 million barrels per day, or a fifth of total capacity, and this won’t change. This is pure propaganda.

This has been happening in Russia since the Kremlin started its invasion as Russia Admitted to Draft Problems as Anger Flares Into Violence already in 2022. It’s just that in Russia, these incidents are now censored.

In related reports last year, Russia stepped up attacks on Ukrainian draft offices.

This has been happening in Russia since the Kremlin started its invasion as Russia Admitted to Draft Problems as Anger Flares Into Violence already in 2022. It’s just that in Russia, these incidents are now censored.

In related reports last year, Russia stepped up attacks on Ukrainian draft offices.

What does the Communist Party of Israel say about the suppression of the catholic church in China by the Chinese Communist Party?

This is not (only) about trade.

A year ago, during an election campaign in April 2025, Carney called China “Canada’s biggest security threat”. Now China is a “strategic partner”.

Canada called out China over forced labour practices (for which there is ample evidence), Now Carney says forced labour is a ‘global issue’ with parts of China are ‘at higher risk’. Carney and his finance minister Champagne recently avoided to address the fact that Chinese EV makers BYD has been found to use forced labour in its factories in Hungary and Brazil.

The Canadian military flew seven surveillance missions over waters near China in the past month to enforce North Korean sanctions, but the Department of National Defence is no longer confirming whether Chinese aircraft intercepted those flights, as it has in years past.

These are a few examples. It hurts Canada imho. It can soon hurt Canadians as soon as China attempts to take advantage over its new ‘partnerhips’ by coercing the Canadian government for political gains (there is ample evidence that Beijing has been doing so with other countries in the past).

You may find another term than bowing, but this is what it is imo. It’s certainly true that the US isn’t a reliable partner anymore, but this doesn’t make China better. It’s the dictatorship it has ever been, and as such it is even worse than the US.

Thank you for your sophisticated and polite comment.

Publishing such a story and criticizing Canada for its defense spending while not even mentioning the wider threat landscape is disingenuous and fails to paint a realistic picture.

In 2025, the U.S. - again - spent the highest amount for defense.

Adjusted for purchasing power, China has the world’s second largest military budget. According to the World Bank, it spent 1.7% of its GDP for military in 2024 (compared to 1.3% in Canada). Beijing’s share of regional spending in the Indo-Pacific continues to increase as growth in Beijing’s military budget outpaces the wider region.

Although growth in Russia’s military expenditure moderated compared to previous years, it grew 3% in real terms in 2025, compared with 56.9% (!) in 2024. Nonetheless, expenditure still consumed over 7.3% of Russia’s GDP.

Peace is fine only if your adversaries pursue the same path. Unfortunately, this is not the case if we look at the world’s top-3 in military spending.

A year ago, during an election campaign in April 2025, Carney called China “Canada’s biggest security threat”. Now China is a “strategic partner”.

Canada called out China over forced labour practices (for which there is ample evidence), Now Carney says forced labour is a ‘global issue’ with parts of China are ‘at higher risk’. Carney and his finance minister Champagne recently avoided to address the fact that Chinese EV makers BYD has been found to use forced labour in its factories in Hungary and Brazil.

The Canadian military flew seven surveillance missions over waters near China in the past month to enforce North Korean sanctions, but the Department of National Defence is no longer confirming whether Chinese aircraft intercepted those flights, as it has in years past.

These are a few examples. It hurts Canada imho. It can soon hurt Canadians as soon as China attempts to take advantage over its new ‘partnerhips’ by coercing the Canadian government for political gains (there is ample evidence that Beijing has been doing so with other countries in the past).

You may find another term than bowing, but this is what it is imo. It’s certainly true that the US isn’t a reliable partner anymore, but this doesn’t make China better. It’s the dictatorship it has ever been, and as such it is even worse than the US.

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You may have noticed that the post were the same, and I don’t see a reason to make different comments to the same content.

If you’re going to make bullying your main reason on the platform, at least read others’ posts before commenting.

This article is ridiculously weird. The global conflict has already arrived. Russia has invaded Ukraine. China’s war games around Taiwan and the rest of the Indo-Pacific, the US/Israel war in Iran … It’s important that Canada invests in its own defense industry and those of its allies, as someone has already said, rather than in buying from the US or China. But Canada has no other choice than investing in its defense.

And this is why he is bowing to China? Are the China ties strength?

I get that the Emirates are upset because of Trump, and I am not a fan of the US dollar, but by announcing a potential switch to the Chinese yuan the UAE is threatening itself I would say.

At least you know what to expect out of China.

Yeah, if we see this as some sort of satire. You know that China will break any prior agreement as soon as the government thinks it can take advantage over it. What you can expect is coercion at the cost of Canadians.

Having that said, this is not about the US and China. There are other allies for Canada that play by rules of law. You know what to expect from them, and its more and better for Canada than what you can expect from a government like China’s.