[westiseast]

That’s a disingenuous argument.

eg. in 2019, nobody is ‘forced’ to give their data to Google/Apple/Facebook, but actually avoiding those companies entirely is extremely difficult/nigh impossible.

Not engaging with China as a market or producer is practically impossible for many companies. When the choice is (a) give up your business by handing your IP over to Chinese competitors or (b) give up your business by losing access to critical supply chain/logistics, then that can be correctly characterised as ‘being forced’.

[devoply]

Going forward China is going for broke... so though your comment is true, it's also true that China will try to best the West in everything as a final grasp at power as the West attempts to contain it. The result of these actions will determine this century. So right now is a very good time to figure out other places to get your products made. And stop trying to enter their market. They are capable and very motivated for control all of their market at the cost of the world.