Comment by peoplefromibiza

> This whataboutism ignores one very important point.

Reverse whataboutism is still whataboutism.

For example this predicate

> while still staying generally within the bounds of the law.

Completely ignores the fact that US companies have been found lying and deceiving to circumvent the barriers posed by the law.

But not only US companies, remember the diesel gate?

This other predicate

> (In China) by law every company is part-owned by the government itself

It's completely false, while this one

> The Ministry of State Security literally has employees who show up to these companies every day like normal workers

It's pure intellectual dishonesty . Every sufficiently advanced intelligence agency has spies. With the USA agencies being the largest employers for spies on the entire Planet.