Answer from one European individual - USA of course. It doesn't even require a split second of consideration for me. The major and decisive difference between

Answer from one European individual - USA of course. It doesn't even require a split second of consideration for me. The major and decisive difference between USA and China is not what they have done, are doing or might do. It is simply that the USA is a democracy and China is not. In the USA, most of the people in positions of power /have to leave that position/ and /can't do whatever they want/ even when they have it. That fact alone makes all the difference and is so substantial that it in my mind totally invalidates any whataboutism in this question and any other comparison between the USA and any dictatorship. Even if a democracy happens to do more evil things in a period of time than a dictatorship, they are the better choice simply because they are a democracy and thus enables the people to both protest and also actually end the evil, through the legal system in the nation. (This does not mean that evil actions are OK when democracies are guilty of them of course, I'm not saying that.) If and when the day comes that China has had at least two transfers of power to new leaders as a result of internationally observed and validated democratic elections by the people of China, then it would be something to think about. But not as of now. Based on the premise that I have to choose a spying nation, of course, which I'd rather not do in real life! :)