> The CCP have already throughly demonstrated that they don’t need manufactures consent to build these systems. It was obviously merely an example for illustra

> The CCP have already throughly demonstrated that they don’t need manufactures consent to build these systems. It was obviously merely an example for illustration purposes by the parent. To get a point across it's often very helpful to use a stark, clear example. Few governments will ever have the extraordinary capabilities and resources of the CCP in China. For the other ~190 governments that will never reach that level of capability, what they might have now is a globe-spanning billion-device corporation like Apple more willing to assist them.