After the Snowden story about the CISCO routers there's really no reason to assume any given piece of technology from any country isn't potentially manipulated

After the Snowden story about the CISCO routers there's really no reason to assume any given piece of technology from any country isn't potentially manipulated by a government agency. The idea that Chinese hardware is somehow more troubling in this regard only holds true if you're in the US (and fully trust your government).