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Why are Americans particularly concerned about Chinese espionage? (lemmy.today)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Whenever I see threads and comments about privacy-related or sensitive topics, I often see concerns about China in particular stealing all that data.

Why is China, a country across a vast ocean, is seen as a bigger threat in that regard than US itself? Unlike Chinese, the local government does have power over its residents and can actually use this information against you (and it does have a record for doing exactly that). The only places where Chinese espionage would be a concern (military, high-tech industry) lay way beyond what an everyday American faces regularly.

So, is it a new red scare, or is there a substance behind it that I fail to see?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the five eyes nations are all worried about china

it's mostly about stealing industrial and military secrets but i don't think they see china as an offensive threat

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

offensive threat

The CCP regularly, overtly threatens Taiwan and is aggressive with many of its other neighbors (e.g., ramming fishing boats).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's true. But their military is pathetic compared to NATO

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Agreed, but the sheer manpower and economic potential (to create materiel and fund a war) are considerable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah that makes sense , they certainly have a lot of fodder to throw around like we are seeing with Russia now...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Well, Russia actually doesn't have a lot of fodder to throw around. They're facing a demographic crisis even without the Kremlin's barbaric war.

China's population is almost ten times larger.