If the video app is blocked by federal authorities, it could be the beginning of the end for mega-popular Chinese apps in the U. S.—and for China’s ambitions to build a software-driven economy
What if, at the dawn of Japan’s entry into the U.S. auto market, the U.S. government had simply banned the import of vehicles from that country? How different would America—and the global economy—be today?
Such a scenario isn’t so different from what the U.S. is doing now to tech built by companies in China, first hardware and now software.