Recent events have caused the ties between China and the United States to reach extreme lows, be it the ongoing pandemic or the National Security Law implemented by Hong Kong.
Attorney General William Barr said in his speech that China has been putting pressure on American companies to please and promote pro-China policies in the United States of America.
He accused American companies who did so of “kowtowing” for the sake of gaining profits and alleged that China’s Communist Party has been pushing US companies to advocate their agendas.
He also said that corporations such as Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Apple have “shown themselves all too willing to collaborate with the Chinese Communist Party,” Barr said.
He added that Hollywood has regularly fallen into pressure and censored their films “to appease the Chinese Communist Party.”
In response to these accusations, China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying said that China is not seeking to replace the United States and will fight back against “malicious slanders” and accusations from the United States government.
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