Haven't been following this debate but has it been mentioned that China has a law that says that every Chinese citizen must spy for the government if asked.
>The law provides official sanction for the intelligence services to do things long observed in their activities: coopting officials in other government agencies; compelling cooperation from PRC citizens;
Seems to be very different from the above. One is about Chinese citizens the other is about Australian companies and even then, only technology based parts of them.
I as an Australian don't appear to be facing the gulag if Scomo calls me up and asks me what the Balinese are up to (I'm in Bali) and I tell him to shove it.
>The law provides official sanction for the intelligence services to do things long observed in their activities: coopting officials in other government agencies; compelling cooperation from PRC citizens;
https://www.canada.ca/en/security-intelligence-service/corpo...