Just avoid them? How badly do you really need a best in class drone, 360 camera, or printer? Would second best suffice?
People in various regimes have long lived under sanctions of various sorts where foreign goods weren't readily available. It's possible to just choose to sacrifice some utility or entertainment if you're concerned about security.
I share your concerns too, and I think some government agencies prefer not to use Lenovo or DJI for the same reasons. But at the end of the day, American consumer goods manufacturing is way behind China now, so either you choose inferior products at higher prices or you bite the bullet like anyone else and just join the flock.
China is already involved in so much of US day to day life, between Lenovo, TikTok, Tencent, Hollywood, DJI, Anker, Epic Games, Midea, university students, scientists, etc. It's a bit too late to really do anything about it unless you want another Japanese internment camp style purge.
In the age of global capitalism, any company you like and trust now can easily be bought up by a Chinese conglomerate whenever it's weak and stocks are down. Or they often go for partial ownership, especially in our entertainment brands (movies and games) while exercising limited control. They're already everywhere and most US consumers are probably using something from a big Chinese firm without knowing it.
It's not the end of the world, IMO. China is an adversary, sure, but they have limited force projection abilities. It's really only Taiwan that's at stake, but it's been like that for decades. While we were busy warmongering, they built up their manufacturing and research and education the hard way. If we really want to reclaim some of that, we need to reinvest domestically in our people and skills and facilities, not just try to keep them out. Our brand of capitalism is too greedy for that to work.
People in various regimes have long lived under sanctions of various sorts where foreign goods weren't readily available. It's possible to just choose to sacrifice some utility or entertainment if you're concerned about security.
I share your concerns too, and I think some government agencies prefer not to use Lenovo or DJI for the same reasons. But at the end of the day, American consumer goods manufacturing is way behind China now, so either you choose inferior products at higher prices or you bite the bullet like anyone else and just join the flock.
China is already involved in so much of US day to day life, between Lenovo, TikTok, Tencent, Hollywood, DJI, Anker, Epic Games, Midea, university students, scientists, etc. It's a bit too late to really do anything about it unless you want another Japanese internment camp style purge.
In the age of global capitalism, any company you like and trust now can easily be bought up by a Chinese conglomerate whenever it's weak and stocks are down. Or they often go for partial ownership, especially in our entertainment brands (movies and games) while exercising limited control. They're already everywhere and most US consumers are probably using something from a big Chinese firm without knowing it.
It's not the end of the world, IMO. China is an adversary, sure, but they have limited force projection abilities. It's really only Taiwan that's at stake, but it's been like that for decades. While we were busy warmongering, they built up their manufacturing and research and education the hard way. If we really want to reclaim some of that, we need to reinvest domestically in our people and skills and facilities, not just try to keep them out. Our brand of capitalism is too greedy for that to work.