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In China, there is no difference between international espionage and corporate espionage. Their Ministry of State Security has proved this again and again.

Stealing intellectual property from companies advances their military goals.

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This is not IP, it's personal and corporate data.

Thankfully, the biggest threat to the individual is a sprinkling of privacy invasion and the odd blackmail. They're miles behind the US on that front.

They won't come and bomb your country to dust to benefit corporate goals like getting access to oil for profit, or massive defence contracts.

"Thankfully, the biggest threat to the individual is a sprinkling of privacy invasion and the odd blackmail."

They have prison camps for political dissidents.

That's a red herring.

This thread is about the use of Chinese state resources to advance the interests of Chinese companies.

You're the one who opened the door. If you can't take it, don't hand it out.

I thought your own post was the red herring.

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