Shou is either: A) Deliberately lying about CCP access to data B) Using careful wording to not technically be lying, but is nonetheless misrepresenting the si

Shou is either: A) Deliberately lying about CCP access to data B) Using careful wording to not technically be lying, but is nonetheless misrepresenting the situation. C) Is out of the loop deliberately or otherwise and these things are happening without his specific knowledge. We already know they used the app to spy on journalists with Forbes that were investigating their company but blamed lower level people inside the company as responsible. So sure, maybe he is telling the truth that the Chinese government has never requested any user data. Maybe they don't need to request data because everything is already being mirrored to CCP data centers. Maybe they never see the user data but work with a go between inside Bytedance who essentially is responsible for doing the work for them. But probably he is just lying.