{"id":14780,"date":"2020-09-16T19:45:04","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T17:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=14780"},"modified":"2020-09-17T14:32:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T12:32:54","slug":"us-china-tech-firms-tension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2020\/09\/us-china-tech-firms-tension\/","title":{"rendered":"US-China Tech Firms Tension"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

China claims that its tech companies have been victims of “naked bullying” by the US. The American government has taken restrictions measures on Chinese applications such as TikTok and WeChat. The hindering of the said apps was a result of issues with data security. Who are affected by these two largest economies’ trade war?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s read more about China’s claim of naked bullying and USA’s The Clean Network through this article:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-54052765<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussion Questions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. What is naked bullying?<\/li>
  2. What do you think of USA’s data privacy efforts? Do you have such policies in your country?<\/li>
  3. Do you use any Chinese applications? Describe their use in your daily life.<\/li>
  4. How is the trade war between US and China affecting the world?<\/li>
  5. Do you think Chinese applications are danger to any country?<\/li>
  6. How important is data security and privacy?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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