It's not just collection though. If China had access to everyone's credit card purchase info (they probably already do, but whatever), that's "data collection".

It's not just collection though. If China had access to everyone's credit card purchase info (they probably already do, but whatever), that's "data collection". But with TikTok they also have an obvious mechanism to directly affect behavior using the data they collected. That's not something you could easily do with just demographic or financial info alone.