Lets not ignore the considerable effort they've spent in hacking companies and stealing proprietary information. (My last engagement was with a company that had

Lets not ignore the considerable effort they've spent in hacking companies and stealing proprietary information. (My last engagement was with a company that had a ton of information of interest to State sponsored actors.) They have spent significiant resources in hoovering as much information as possible from companies that have data of interest. Cite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_intellectual_property_theft_by_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_intellectual_pr...