alt Hacker NewsAre you talking about State-Owned Enterprise? Because yes, those have government tighter oversight and control, but I don't think this company is a SOE, at least from what I can tell.
From the rest, it works the same as in the US. If the government comes with a lawful order for you to do something, you'll do it or be held responsible for ignoring it.
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> From the rest, it works the same as in the US. If the government comes with a lawful order for you to do something, you'll do it or be held responsible for ignoring it.
I’m always amazed when people ignore this. One day it’ll be stories about the CIA or whatever agency demanding data from a big tech company, with gag orders so they legally can’t even tell anyone. The next it’ll be a story about TikTok or DJI being bad because the Chinese government has influenced over them.
All big governments are like this.
I believe that private chinese companies still have to accompany communist party members atleast as employees. But again, I don't know the specifics.
> I don't think this company is a SOE, at least from what I can tell.
How did you check?
> but I don't think this company is a SOE, at least from what I can tell.
There's no way to really tell. An authoritarian state like China can decide to control this company at any time, if it chooses to, through more direct or indirect means.
A well known story on this subject: https://www.wired.com/story/jack-ma-isnt-back/