The rift has nothing to do with the political system (e.g. the US is freely and openly allied with Saudi Arabia despite radically different political systems), and everything to do with the competition for power and influence in the world. SA is not a real contender there, China is. From here the rift and inevitable conflict.
> If you are looking for some specific justification for a ban, you're missing the forest for the trees
Every reason for the ban comes from the above competition for power and influence in the world. Whether it's not having an adversary financially profit from your own citizens or influence their decisions, or it's to eliminate foreign competition and fill the gap with local companies, it's all abut power and money and the political system couldn't matter less.
good observation but it's probably both. The EU is a significant center of power and influence but so far the US hasn't started banning bidets.
China on the other hand has all but openly challenged the US for that title. On the surface at least they are skyrocketing in every area (won't go into how or why). They had the same "incompatible" political system for decades but they stood as manufacturing partner for many of those decades until Western leaders noticed a trend with a dangerous slope. And as it sank in that inaction means ceding the top spot, here is some action. CIA trying to overturn a regime is a tall order with China so the more handy ways were economic: tariffs and bans.
Not really, but it looks like it will impose tariffs on other goods from the EU. [0]
[0] https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-warned-to-prepare-for-ear...
by that same logic, shouldn't we then ban ig/facebook/threads/twitter/etc.? but since its our propaganda, we can classify as 'news' or some other thing?
i very much get what you're saying in principle (re: CCP); however, i don't see the difference in potentially, negatively affecting children's brains.
EDIT: corrected word