After the world’s largest integrated circuit producer Intel Corp. asked its suppliers to avoid slave labor by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the Xinjiang region, it expressed its regret in a letter. In its letter it wrote: “We deeply apologize for the confusion caused to our respected Chinese customers, partners and the public,” according to The Wall Street Journal on Dec. 23. Intel’s request to suppliers was countered by the CCP’s mouthpiece tabloid, Global Times, which called on Beijing to make it “increasingly expensive for companies to offend China.” There were also negative reactions on Chinese social media, although...