Halfway through the article it says that there is a special Skype version for China which listens in (Tom Skype). Of course if your chat partner uses compromise

Halfway through the article it says that there is a special Skype version for China which listens in (Tom Skype). Of course if your chat partner uses compromised software then what you say can be monitored. Where is the news in that? It seems the normal version of Skype doesn't transmit your call via China after all. I am not surprised that any communication with somebody inside China is monitored by the government. Who would expect otherwise?