What part of this do you think is news to the chicoms?
I worked in high tech and IT and know more than a few H1B visa holders. Moreover, MOST if not ALL of the IT equipment involved in this little discussion is Made in China(tm).
The chicoms have been the fly on the wall in any major IT installation for at least 20 years. Possibly longer.
I’m way more worried about the ‘toon’s greasing the slides for transfer of MIRV technology. That CAN get a lot of us killed.
How much of the information the NSA is seeking about American citizens is stored on servers in Asia?