• RyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    Honest conversations are needed, while China should steer away from excessive self-reliance to create a more sustainable environment for foreign businesses

    Sir, it is not fair that you do not need us. We demand you artificially cause shortages so that we may also benefit from your population which we do not consider human.

    • Krem [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      Sir, it is not fair that you do not need us. We demand you let your people get addicted to drugs that we sell.

      -Chamber of Commerce, 1824

  • Wheaties [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    Business and trade is the foundation of a free world NO NO NO NOT LIKE THAT WE’RE THE ONLY ONES WHO GET TO BENEFIT STOP SSTOP

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    China should steer away from excessive self-reliance

    Was there a giant planetary supply chain failure four years ago during an unprecedented viral outbreak that the west refused to even try to contain, or did I hallucinate that in a dream?

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      7 months ago

      lol right, like if one thing we’ve learned over past half a decade is just how utterly critical self reliance is