HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE AS
WELL.
TIM COOK FACE BACKLASH LAST
WEEK FOR REMOVING A APP THAT
HONG KONG PROTESTERS WERE
USING TO TRACK POLICE
MOVEMENTS HE SAID IT WAS IN
VIOLATION OF CHINESE LAW BUT
THE REMOVAL HAPPENED ONE DAY
AFTER THE COMMUNIST PARTY
PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE TITLED IS
APPLE GUIDING HONG KONG
THUGS?
TO SAY THAT THEY DISCUSSED
APPLE'S IMPENDING INVESTMENT
WITH CONSUMER RIGHTS
PROTECTION AND FILL FULFILLING
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
IS THAT ALL THEY TALKED
ABOUT?
LET'S BRING IN FROM THE WALL
STREET JOURNAL GIVEN WHAT HAS
BEEN HAPPENING THE LAST TWO
WEEKS THIS SMELLS FISHY.
>> IT DOES.
BEIJING SENDS THE MESSAGE YOU
BETTER GET IN LINE FOR I THINK
THE CEO SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED
FOR GO BASICALLY TO SAY WE
DON'T CALL THE SHOTS.
>> I KNOW I COULD NOT DO THAT
FROM BEIJING BUT COMPANIES
AROUND THE WORLD EVEN AMERICAN
COMPANIES OPERATE IN HAVE
RESTRICTIONS ON SPEECH SO TO
SAUDI ARABIA, SO DOES THE THAI
GOVERNMENT DOES NOT ALLOW ANY
CRITICISM OF THE EMPEROR.
HATE SPEECH LAWS IN GERMANY.
INCREDIBLE RESTRICTIONS IN
RUSSIA.
WHEN AMERICAN COMPANIES DO
BUSINESS IN OTHER COUNTRIES WE
RESPECT THEM EVEN IF WE
ABSOLUTELY DISAGREE WITH THEIR
MORALS AND FOR PURPOSE AND
BASIS THAT'S NOT SO DIFFERENT
WITH CHINA BUT YET WE GET
INCREDIBLY AGITATED AT THE
IDEA THAT THERE ARE
RESTRICTIONS WE DISAGREE WITH
BECAUSE IN FACT WE DO NOT RULE
THE WORLD WITH EVERYONE ELSE'S
LAWS.
>> THAT IS THE APOLOGIST VIEW.
>> IF YOU CALL ME AND
APOLOGIST THEN AT LEAST
ADDRESS SAUDI ARABIA THAILAND
AND RUSSIA.
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT TO
STAND UP TO THOSE UNJUST LAWS
THAT OPPRESS PEOPLE BUT WHAT
WE SEE IS CORPORATIONS ARE
COMING IT OUT IT IS NOT ABOUT
MORALITY IT IS ABOUT THE
MONEY.
AND ALSO TO PRETEND THEY ARE
THE GOOD GUYS.
>> YES.
THIS IS A QUESTION AND A
COMMENT
CMMENT
COMENT
COMMET
COMMENT.
I GET YOUR POINT ZACH BUT
ISN'T THERE A DOUBLE STANDARD
BECAUSE YES, THE US IS NOT
SUPPOSED TO POLICE THE WORLD.
OKAY.
WE HAVE TO GO BY THEIR RULES
AND THEIR LAWS BUT IF YOU ARE
AMAZON YOU HAVE PROTESTERS
WITH THE ENVIRONMENT OR TIKI
LAWN - - MAKING MEALS AT THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM AND A
COMMUNIST REGIME AND
DICTATORSHIP WITH 1 MILLION
MUSLIMS IN CAMPS IS OF THIS A
DOUBLE STANDARD QUICK.
>> IN THE SENSE THAT COMPANIES
HAVE TO MAKE SURE AND SEE
WHERE THEY CAN DRAW LINES
MORALLY IF THEY ARE UNWILLING
TO ASK FOR SURE THAT OPENS
THEM UP JUST LIKE ANY
INDIVIDUAL TO A HUGE AMOUNT OF
CRITICISM YOU'RE APPLYING YOUR
STANDARD HERE BUT NOT THEY
ARE.
I'M TRYING TO MAKE THE POINT
WE ARE TAKING AN ABSOLUTIST
CRITICISM OF AMERICAN
CORPORATIONS DOING BUSINESS IN
CHINA WE SHOULD ALLOW THEM TO
SLIDE IN OTHER PLACES BUT THAT
IS WHERE YOU DEVISE HUMAN
RIGHTS VERSUS ECONOMIC NEEDS.
>> ANYTIME A POLITICIAN
CRITICIZES THEM TO SAY THIS IS
INTERNAL AFFAIRS PLEASE DON'T
INTERFERE BY HERE YOU HAVE THE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT ACTIVELY