PawisBetlog: Remember in the 80s when it was Japan?

THEY'RE BUYING EVERYTHING, WE ARE OWNED BY JAPAN, OOOGA BOOOGA!

This is the same.

For those of you that were too young, not born, this happened in the 80s.  Nothing came of that, nothing will come of this.  Ignore it.

Sorta. With Japan it was mostly economic might. And they weren't wrong then as Japan's had a massive advantage in manufacturing and technology over American unions and zero competition tk that point. Then, the collapse happened in the 90's. And nothing was the same in Japan ever again. They lost a lot of economic power, and the big Japanese threat with Hondas and Sonys being in every home suddenly seem so quaint as Zenith brand electronics and Chevettes lost popularity.

With China? Completely different ball game.

Secret Police stations to go after Chinese dissidents on American soil, even if they aren't the only nations to do so, they are the only openly hostile nation and not considered an ally to do so:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63671943

We even had to stop them setting up a secret spy bases to intercept nuclear codes with their 5G telecommunications towers: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/07/23/politics/fbi-investigation-huawei-china-defense-department-communications-nuclear/index.html

Buying livestock land to spy on military bases next door:
https://www.agdaily.com/news/chinese-farmland-grabs-us-bases-simply-economic-or-strategic/

Speaking of livestock land, did you know China controls most of the meat packing industry in the US? Most of your meat consumed comes from China. The other major player is from Brazil.
https://revealnews.org/article/how-china-purchased-a-prime-cut-of-americas-pork-industry/

Japan didn't just outright buy controlling stake in entire industries, they weren't a hostile power engaged in theft and cyber attacks that tried to steal from the US government and private American corporations. And they keep doing it because they know we won't do anything in response. Because when we do they will want to play the aggrieved victim. This is also all after the fact that American companies establishing manufacturing bases over there had to give away technological know how in IP and patents to Chinese owned and operated companies. You didn't think Huawei and Xiaomi brands which were the equivalent of Nokia flip phones a few years ago suddenly caught up to Apple iPhones in features and tech because of good honest competition did you? Xiaomi is basically becoming a Chinese Samsung/LG. It's why there's typically some random Chinese company who's managed to cut the cost of production down on a high end item while sacrificing none of the performance, and selling for peanuts but performing exactly the same as a similar Japanese/Korean/American branded item for hundreds of dollars more.

it's not just xenophobic "yellow panic" ideas, it plays a part in it I'm sure. But then, Chinas behavior deserves some xenophobic "yellow panic" reactions as a foreign power operating independently of government oversight in our nations borders, often times believing they were above the law.

jook: PawisBetlog: Remember in the 80s when it was Japan?

THEY'RE BUYING EVERYTHING, WE ARE OWNED BY JAPAN, OOOGA BOOOGA!

This is the same.

For those of you that were too young, not born, this happened in the 80s.  Nothing came of that, nothing will come of this.  Ignore it.

I WAS going to say "it accomplished one thing: it killed Lee Iacoca", but then that nasty habit of doing due diligence kicked in and I looked him up. That farker didn't die until 2019.

Why the fark would you hate Lee Iacocca?