I am not so surprised by the reaction of the ruling elite/government...avoiding to make a fuss towards China.

I am more surprised by the reactions I have seen in HN community here in recent times on this issue. They've been ranging from outright defending CCP to defending turning a blind eye because we need iPhones.

As a European, this is signalling me whatever the US was/or projected itself as... is long dead. At least in this generation.

Can you imagine an Apollo Era engineer defending CCP? How about a whole community of them, or most of them?