Friday, December 24th 2021
Intel Bans Chinese Components from Xinjiang Province, Turns Around and Apologises to China
In a very confusing move, Intel has informed its suppliers that it won't accept components that have been made in or by labour from the Xinjiang Province in China, only to turn around almost instantly and apologise to China for the fact that it has done so. That said, Intel doesn't appear to have changed its mind, the company simply apologised due to the backlash from Chinese citizens, who are threatening to boycott Intel products.
Part of the reasoning behind the ban of components from the Xinjiang Province is said to be due to US laws and is apparently not entirely in line with Intel's own views on the situation. A statement from Intel said "We apologize for the distress caused to our esteemed Chinese customers, partners and the general public," although it's unclear if this is going to be enough to calm the Chinese public, which tend to be able to stir up quite a lot of trouble for foreign companies in China that are seem to be anti China.
Sources:
Taiwan News, Tom's hardware
Part of the reasoning behind the ban of components from the Xinjiang Province is said to be due to US laws and is apparently not entirely in line with Intel's own views on the situation. A statement from Intel said "We apologize for the distress caused to our esteemed Chinese customers, partners and the general public," although it's unclear if this is going to be enough to calm the Chinese public, which tend to be able to stir up quite a lot of trouble for foreign companies in China that are seem to be anti China.
61 Comments on Intel Bans Chinese Components from Xinjiang Province, Turns Around and Apologises to China
I believe people in techPowerup are smart enough to figure this out just by 10 mins of google.
Not that I'm keeping a reputation but I've been slapped for less.
When you're a profit driven company that has to answer to shareholders, there's only so many different places you can reduce cost to increase profit, and most of it is geared towards cutting production cost, which often gets shifted to the individual busting their ass on the production line. Its as clear as night and day that this has been going on in long-time capitalist countries of the world, particularly in the US, where your average production worker barely makes enough to support themselves, much less a family. The cost of everything goes up and wages stagnate while employers keep expecting more and more from their workers.
You won't believe how much worse it can get.
Still, I love America. I just take history as an impetus to hopefully do better.
"WAAAAAAH we're so sowwyyyyyyy!"
Guess I am done here. What a cesspool level of news and comments.
My advice is either to a.) stop caring or b.) just ignore the news and stick to the discussions. You can of course acomplish b.) by leaving too, but I would miss your input.
My point is that there are no good or bad countries; there are azzhøles who hide behind someone or something.
We don't wanna see another Uncle Sam's washing powder story again, do we?
American companies are being squeezed right now especially because all they care about is money and at the same time the citizens are demanding that they also have morals and standards. So you get this nonsense where intel "Condemns Chinese human rights abuses, then apologizes to the Chinese the condemnation..."
Good on sites like this for calling our their BS.
I think you need a self-correcting system like this especially as we get more advanced into AI, space travel, etc. The challenge will be improving it and making more transparent.
Although I feel the connection to tech in this 'article', I think people are straying a bit from the context.
Inb4 I'm being called a Klansman, that was intended as a pure joke, aimed specifically to prove the point.