Them being public companies and all, can they lie to stockholders and prospective shareholders? If China did this, kudos to them, in the sense that that's thei

Them being public companies and all, can they lie to stockholders and prospective shareholders? If China did this, kudos to them, in the sense that that's their job. Just like it is NSA's to do the same to them. Apple, Google, Microsoft, Intel, FB and a few other companies can probably match China's expertise and expenditure. What about the rest?