News The Daring Plot to Smuggle Thousands of CPUs, RAM, NAND, GPUs During Typhoon Saola

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During Typhoon Saola, Chinese customs caught a smuggler trying to cross the border with contraband computer hardware inside his Audi SUV.

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[etudiant]

Does it seem logical to impose restrictions on China while leaving Hong Kong open?
Iirc, China took over Hong Kong quite some time ago and Hong Kong now is subject to Chinese law.

 

[d0x360]

Does it seem logical to impose restrictions on China while leaving Hong Kong open?
Iirc, China took over Hong Kong quite some time ago and Hong Kong now is subject to Chinese law.

No it doesn't make any sense. The restrictions need to be imposed on hong kong too even though the majority living there have no love for the CCP. No point in trying to limit Chinas access to these things then literally send them to China controlled territory to sell.

 

[hotaru251]

pretty much.
(not being political mods)

HK is no longer "hong kong" of past since CCP effectively raided it & forced Chinas laws/government on the place. (r.i.p their freedom)

HK is now China proxy.

 

[wr3zzz]

Does it seem logical to impose restrictions on China while leaving Hong Kong open?
Iirc, China took over Hong Kong quite some time ago and Hong Kong now is subject to Chinese law.

First, Hong Kong and Macao are not subject to China mainland laws except in areas involving national sovereignty. Case in point is the protests erupted in Hong Kong a few years ago over extradition agreements with mainland China which was passed and then retracted. Extradition laws wouldn't be needed if Hong Kong is under mainland China laws. Second, export restrictions have nothing to do with local laws of the destination. Most US export restrictions to China have been applied to Hong Kong and Macao as well. In case where export is banned only to mainland China then if companies in Hong Kong and Macao shipped restricted products to mainland China, those companies will be banned from doing business with US companies and any US company doing businesses with those banned companies will be subject to US legal penalties within US. US has no direct legal authorities outside its own territories but US can leverage its hegemony and extend US domestic laws into global de facto rules. De facto is not the same as de jure.

PS: Think about it. If Hong Kong and Macao are under China mainland laws then why are people smuggling from Hong Kong and Macao into mainland China?

 

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