I suppose the question is are you in the 0.00001% of the population anyone would care about?<p>This article is full of coulds and mights. It's reds under the beds all over again.
I'm genuinely less concerned about this, than I am about American Law Enforcement reading my texts.<p>As an American living in America, the Chinese government doesn't have the power to imprison me, to credibly accuse me of crimes, to confiscate my property. The American one does.<p>Maybe for American politicians, or other Americans in a position of power - or ones who hold Chinese citizenship, or travel to China often - this is a concern. For me and most of my neighbors, this is just flat-out not any more of a concern than a hundred other things.
Strange though that the WP which is lead by jeff Bezos publishes such an article shortly before the elections.
Why Bezos and Musk are pro Trump? I think its the promise thrue Trump that sanctions against China will be implemented. Mh...