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It did. But still, US government controls far less aspects of peoples' and corporate lives than Chinese government.

For violating economic sanctions. Go ask Treasury and they’ll give you the lowdown.

> You act like the US Government hasn't already banned Chinese companies

The U.S didn't ban ALL Chinese companies operating in the U.S. Try setting up a coffee shop or computer repair shop in China as a non-citizen and see how long you last. That's extremely illegal in China. Their government has to approve every foreign business and they rarely do (unless you're some multinational corporation who have made a whole host of concessions.

Just look at Huawei and how our Congress pressured mobile carriers away from selling the phone without any evidence of wrong-doing.

My favorite example, but I am told I am biased when I noticed that in unrelated articles.

It seem to be a well organized negative PR campaign against the company (completed by name calling and downvotes on social media)