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> It is valid to be concerned about the Chinese government exercising control of some sort over the local development team to put in a backdoor, just as our government seems to want to do to US developed products.

Chinese companies legally cannot refuse a government request for data. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Internet_Security_Law

Comparing that with US/EU private sector protections is absurd.

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I can't find your claim in the linked Wikipedia page. What section?

First section:

> It requires network operators to store select data within China and allows Chinese authorities to conduct spot-checks on a company's network operations.

More has been reported about the implications of the law:

> China’s National Intelligence Law from 2017 requires organizations and citizens to “support, assist and cooperate with the state intelligence work.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/05/huawei-would-have-to-give-da...

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