Rubio vs. Intel

Kudos to Florida Senator Marco Rubio!  He just "shamed" Intel, America's iconic semiconductor company, as "cowardly."  And he was right to do so. 

In a recent communication, Intel assured everyone that their supply chain in communist China was not tainted by slave labor in the Xinjiang province.  When the Communist Party bosses in Beijing saw the report, they went ballistic. 

Intel immediately apologized and issued a new statement that scrubbed all references to Xinjiang province and communist China.  Pat Gelsinger, Intel's CEO, explained the change by saying it was wrong to single out communist China as "many regions in the world are having issues of such a matter."

That's a lie.  "Many regions in the world" are not accused of state-sponsored genocide.

We know that the Chinese communists suppress the free speech rights of 1.4 billion Chinese.  But the amazing thing is how easily Beijing can also limit the speech of American CEOs.  Could any other country on earth make Intel's CEO grovel like that?