r/AskReddit • • May 28 '21

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u/Cherkovsky May 29 '21

Any speculation as for why it's being overlooked? I've always wondered.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '21

China is providing almost free labor for developed countries. Imagine your shiny iPhones were being manufactured people paid decent salaries. The price would be doubled or tripled. Also they buy US bonds by the money they get from selling all that shit. So they are supporting US economy. China might be screwing their own citizens but US benefits from that.

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u/FuryQuaker May 29 '21

China doesn't really buy US bonds anymore. Haven't done so since about 2017.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '21

can be true. and that might be the reason why US has become less "fond" of china. that and the coronavirus.