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Why They Don’t Want You Driving a Chinese Car (www.currentaffairs.org)
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cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/49178

Why They Don’t Want You Driving a Chinese Car

I took my first ride in a Chinese car recently. Not in the U.S., of course, since sky-high tariffs have made them almost impossible to import. I was visiting family in the U.K., and we rented a BYD Sealion SUV. And let me tell you: I saw immediately why American car companies are desperate to have these things kept out of this country. It was elegantly designed, incredibly comfortable, and a smooth ride.

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[–] 54 points 5 months ago (10 children)

As a Canadian who holds negative views of both the American and Chinese governments, I think to myself: which am I more likely to visit someday and will therefore have the opportunity to stick me in an ICE detention center when they look up my profile to discover that? Which of the two governments is a more direct threat to my own country's security and sovereignty?

I get an answer that would perhaps surprise Americans.

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I think to myself: which am I more likely to visit someday

    At this point I wouldn't be surprised if the answer was China for quite a few people.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    It's mainly a question of proximity. The United States is right next door, China is across the Pacific. And I'm not really in a business where I'd need to travel there for professional reasons either.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Fair enough.

    Personally I don't have any reason to travel to China either, but at the same time, it's never impossible that one day I'll have a contract with some Chinese company for an example. The US, however, I'm going to avoid for at least the next 2.5 years still. Potentially for the rest of my life if they don't sort their shit out. I can afford to, since I don't live right next to them.

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  • [–] -2 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Your answer is China? That is really surprising.

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  • [–] 22 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    America has threatened to forcibly annex Canada. China has not. So yeah. China's certainly got its problems, but I don't feel as personally or nationally threatened by them.

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