No, I am not. I'm saying that China's foreign ministry's response sounds a little like they're saying "we are [merely] retaliating in kind." NSA has been caug

No, I am not. I'm saying that China's foreign ministry's response sounds a little like they're saying "we are [merely] retaliating in kind." NSA has been caught adulterating computers in export interdictions and maybe this is us catching China up to the same. I didn't bring up trade wars at all, I don't think it's necessarily related (this kind of tradecraft was likely in the works for much longer than recent trade disputes). So plain old espionage, executed for whatever the needs of the day might be.