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Tbf, the reputation has been earned. Look at the incredible volume of bunk science coming out of China. The pervasive spying campaigns. The loads of off brand software and hardware. It's not like there isn't reason to be suspicious.
ah yes the spying ...
There's no need for that image because I'm not making superficial claims of data collection, I'm talking about theft and potentially deadly attacks.
Here you go:
They've shown to be more than capable
U.S. Government Disrupts Botnet People’s Republic of China Used to Conceal Hacking of Critical Infrastructure
They've infiltrated
DOJ confirms FBI operation that mass-deleted Chinese malware from thousands of US computers
They've stolen
Industrial espionage: How China sneaks out America's technology secrets
It could get deadly
US sanctions China cyber firm for potentially deadly ransomware attack
Both their private and public sectors have been implicated a number of times.
Projection