>Everything remotely related to Chinese becomes under attack "because CCP bad".
Which is why it is reasonable to discern between the CCP and China. I don't see sinophobia in criticism of the CCP. The counter-argument you present is closer to the straw man you're criticizing.
Jack Ma is a CCP member. The CCP has a centrally planned command and control economy. Major players cannot exist without the sanction of the CCP.
But on the other hand, Jack Ma being a CCP member clearly doesn't mean that Ant is automatically a state-controlled company, as evidenced by this event: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24979327
Which is why it is reasonable to discern between the CCP and China. I don't see sinophobia in criticism of the CCP. The counter-argument you present is closer to the straw man you're criticizing.
Jack Ma is a CCP member. The CCP has a centrally planned command and control economy. Major players cannot exist without the sanction of the CCP.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46353767 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alibaba-jack-ma/alibabas-...
Concerns about the CCP controlling a global payment infrastructure are not anti-China. Please stop conflating the two ideas.