Is Eli Lilly Acquiring Chinese Suppliers?

[Redz]

tekkit said:

The only way Beijing puts a stop to it is if the government concludes that doing so serves its own interests. That said, it's not a given that gray peptide manufacturing would have to conflict with those interests. Deals get struck all the time behind closed doors. For instance: "Let us go after your citizens on our soil, and in return we'll give you XYZ." That XYZ might include stronger intellectual property enforcement, which in turn might lead to domestic crackdowns on gray market compound production.

I'm not claiming this is going to happen, or even that it's especially probable. I'm simply laying out one scenario in which making gray market peptides in China could get harder. At least temporarily. Plenty always happens away from public view.

This won't come to a halt — for China, it's all about the money. They've never really put the brakes on shipping out drugs or peds. I'd wager everything that this never turns into a problem.

 

[tekkit]

Redz said:

This won't come to a halt — for China, it's all about the money. They've never really put the brakes on shipping out drugs or peds. I'd wager everything that this never turns into a problem.

What matters most to China is China's own interests, and those interests don't always come down to money. The CCP wields enormous centralized authority over the Chinese economy. It isn't simply "America but with Chinese people". I've worked in Asia for my whole adult life. If the CCP decides the ends justify the means, it will sacrifice anything and anyone.