How do you reconcile that with the fact most electronic components are made in China? To me the odds of something coming out of China being backdoored are a lot higher than well...anywhere else. Where do you get your gear?

Truthfully the truly privacy conscious are going to have to start joining the open hardware + open software movement.

Edit: AFAIK it isn't yet established enough to setup a full range of your average first world consumer's products though.

The Chinese don't send drones to kill people in other countries. At least not yet.

So you trust China not to backdoor their products?