American tech companies can say no to data requests, they often do. Then they publish the details of those requests, publicly. Chinese companies not only can't

American tech companies can say no to data requests, they often do. Then they publish the details of those requests, publicly. Chinese companies not only can't say when such requests were made, they cannot reject them either. Every Chinese firm must give all their data to the government, at all times, for any reason (which will remain secret of course). The fact that you are trying to, as you say, "muddy the waters" (amazing the amount of projection you do) with conflating the two might work as an augmentation tactic (maybe fool a person or two), but logically it is unsound.