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The [TechCrunch Global Affairs Project](//techcrunch.com/2021/10/23/introducing-the-techcrunch-global-affairs-project/) examines the increasingly intertwined relationship between the tech sector and global politics. This is the first in a pair of articles comparing the impact of the U.S. and Chinese tech crackdowns. This piece, by Special Series Editor Scott Bade, considers the geopolitical consequences of each country’s respective approaches. Tomorrow, Nathan Picarsic and Emily de La Bruyère examine how China’s “techlash” is driven by domestic politics. It’s not a good time to be a tech giant. In China, high-flying tech firms were once some of the few able to operate with relative independence. Tech leaders like...