I think slight variations of that happens everywhere. Chinese companies have legally required CCP connections, which sounds ominous, but American companies of s

I think slight variations of that happens everywhere. Chinese companies have legally required CCP connections, which sounds ominous, but American companies of substantial scale will have ex-government employees, resources allocated for lobbying, and connections to senators. The difference is whether it's codified and imposed or implicitly required for survival. (not that I support CCP, the requirement do sound ominous to me)