Originally Posted by
moondog
Politicizing benign threads such as this one is extremely shameful on both sides.
Whenever I see terms like "Japanese War of Aggression" or "Communist China" put on the table for no plausible reason apart from pot stirring, I simply shrug.
Very bad form, guys.
Although perhaps put out there in pot-stirring fashion, there certainly is decent evidence that China uses various tools to undermine foreign competitors to certain Chinese companies, particularly competitors from countries like Japan and the US. Whether that's happening in this case is not clear, but it's a plausible explanation.