## Metadata - Author: [[stratechery.com|Stratechery]] - Full Title:: The China Cultural Clash - Category:: #🗞️Articles - Document Tags:: [[favorites|Favorites]] - URL:: https://stratechery.com/2019/the-china-cultural-clash/ - Finished date:: [[2023-02-02]] ## Highlights > China is not simply resisting Western ideals of freedom, but seeking to impose their own > In other words, Morey, a private U.S. citizen posting an image on a social network already banned in China, had to be fired, or the Rockets and the NBA would quite literally pay the price. Abide by China’s standards, or else. > This should raise serious concern in the United States and other Western countries: is it at all acceptable to have a social network that has a demonstrated willingness to censor content under the control of a country that has clearly different views on what constitutes free speech? > This is the point that Clinton got the most wrong: money, like tech, is amoral. If we insist it matters most our own morals will inevitably disappear.