"The Xi regime claims that any public speech
criticizing Communist Party propaganda is a grave offense to 1.3 billion
Chinese people. Never mind that Twitter and Instagram are blocked in
China: Beijing is trying to enforce its political censorship outside its
borders and online. That can’t be tolerated. The whole world cannot
become a “safe space” for Chinese sensitivities.
By
accommodating China’s political demands, even partially, airlines are
abetting a false depiction of U.S. policy on Taiwan and playing into
China’s game, said Samantha Hoffman, visiting fellow at the Mercator
Institute for China Studies...
The Chinese government is also trying
to expand its domestic “social credit system” to apply to foreign
firms. It’s Beijing’s way of shaping international norms according to
its criteria, Hoffman explained in a report for the Australian Strategic Policy Institute."
