Episode 175 — The Abyss Stares Back

Ben and James discuss the NBA and Apple in China and the long-term implications of doing business with authoritarian governments.

Links

• Ben Thompson: The China Cultural Clash — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2019/the-china-cultural-clash)

• r/HongKong: List Of Companies Under China’s Censorship Orders (So Far). Credit To U/Lebe — Reddit (reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/dfg1ce/list_of_…)

• Sam Dastyari Quits As Labor Senator Over China Connections — The Guardian (theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/dec/12/sam…)

• Rejected three times due to fear of Beijing, controversial book on China’s secret influence will finally be published — Business Insider (businessinsider.com/australian-book-on-chinas-…)

• Ethan Strauss: Can Steve Kerr and the NBA do better on China? — The Athletic (theathletic.com/1287579/2019/10/11/can-steve-k…)

• Ben Thompson: Apple Pulls Hong Kong App, Tim Cook’s Memo, Honesty and Control — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2019/apple-pulls-hong-kong-app…)

• A message about iOS security — Apple (apple.com/newsroom/2019/09/a-message-about-ios…)

• Ben Thompson: Apple Versus Project Zero, Apple’s Poor Response, The China Paradox — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2019/apple-versus-project-zero…)

• Ben Thompson: Privacy Fundamentalism — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2019/privacy-fundamentalism)

Hosts

• Ben Thompson, @benthompson (twitter.com/benthompson), Stratechery (stratechery.com)

• James Allworth, @jamesallworth (twitter.com/jamesallworth), Harvard Business Review (hbr.org/search?term=James+Allworth&sort=po…)

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