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> and most likely contains some mandatory backdoors.

Is there any evidence behind this assertion or is it just the usual fearmongering and baseless speculation?

People who make these claims rarely have the knowledge to verify them. Anyone who genuinely wants to evaluate the security of a router can always run a packet capture or do a firmware scan.

What's a firmware scan? I believe that most router OS images and driver blobs are encrypted these days.

A quick Google of "China cyber security law" should give you a hint.

Its intended for Chinese domestic market only.

You should look up Chinese state sponsored attacks and back doors in Xiaomi devices

Is there a OpenWRT port for it?

Yeah not like those US backdoors...

https://www.engadget.com/2016-08-21-nsa-technique-for-cisco-...

I really wouldn't suggest cisco for home use, either, history of backdoors certainly being one of the reasons...