The good news is the Chicoms probably stole the Tech so they will have the same concerns that we have.
I don’t know if any facts were harmed in the making of an episode of the Americans, but I’d like to think it’s based on a real incident.
The Soviets were allowed to ‘steal,’ through espionage, blueprints for quiet running submarine screws. When constructed and installed on a Soviet sub, the thing tore itself and the sub up.