It isn’t a neutral position though. It’s the US that wants to force companies to show their allegiance. Continuing to do business with PRC is what PRC prefers. US didn’t achieve their objective here while PRC did.
The PRC certainly would prefer Japan to block US companies boycotting them over what Uniqlo is doing now. A tie between A and B and just focusing on what result A wanted, and A wanting to win, does not mean B has defeated A.
The PRC would prefer Japan blocks US companies? Where is the indication that this is the case? It’s true that B has not defeated A in general, but what B has done was defeat an attempt by A on 1 Japanese company.
Good to see. Fast fashion is still terrible and this guy’s calculus is undoubtedly rooted in increasing profitability. Still, seeing the u.s. lose sway in any sphere is good.
Based dude. Can’t wait for the day when even Japanese businessmen start pushing for the US to close its military bases there.
that will probably only result from a split within the Japanese bourgeoisie, as I’d expect that there’s still a significant proportion of them are loyal to the US empire
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