Facebook, Take Note: In China’s ‘New Era,’ the Communist Party Comes First

American tech giants need to rethink their relationship with China. Now. The need to do so was evident on Oct 30 when Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Apple’s Tim Cook, and a bevy of other leaders in the worlds of technology, finance and industry were whisked to the Great Hall of the People to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping. President Xi was fresh off a Communist Party congress that anointed him as China’s paramount leader. The business chieftains, members of an advisory board to Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management, were the first foreigners to congratulate President Xi in person on his success. Congratulate, they did. According to the official People’s Daily, Cook expressed his admiration for President  Xi’s leadership in global governance. Zuckerberg borrowed a phrase from President Xi’s speech to the congress, “Never forget where you started,” and hoped China would develop as fast as it has the past 30 years.