19-Jul-18 World View -- Trump administration signals that trade war with China will escalate sharply

[thomasglee]

Double post. Sorry.

Oh, and for the record. I AM Mr. Idle Speculator!

You TOO..!!?

<me> ..rushing to grab http://www.MrIdleSpeculator.com

Good idea. If you don't, I will.

[zzazz]

A full blown case of Trump Supporter Rabies.

[FishbellykanakaDude]

A full blown case of Trump Supporter Rabies.

As a huge supporter of rabies, and snakebites, I'm not sure how to take this... Are you saying that's a good thing, or a bad thing..?

[solomani]

"You open a company on a joint venture basis, in a Chinese province. And because you only own 49%, they own 51% or more, the local party leaders, these are like Mafioso Dons, I'm told -- you have to lay your entire blueprint on the table, including the technology, and they will have their experts take it over. That's wrong."

How dumb are these companies? Are they so greedy they would trade away what makes them successful? That's insane. I could have told you a decade ago China is a bandit kingdom. The company I worked for in HK made sure ALL its technology was locked up safely in HK for its mainland offices. They didn't have laptops or desktops in the Chinese office it was all remote connections to have 100% control over the locals who were known to steal data.