A Chinese company would likely be staffed by CCP members and funded by the Chinese government to work against American national security if there was opportunity to do so

> American companies working against national security will be held accountable

.. are you sure about that? The argument is often made that the First Amendment (and the second amendment!) provide Americans (and not foreign nationals or companies operating within America) with a constitutional right to work against American national security.

Haha not at all. The constitution is esentially suspended the moment national security is invoked. It is still in effect but it is interpreted such that the authors of the rights and amendments clearly implied that those rights only apply i n times of peace which is why they can kill a US citizen with a drone strike while unarmed and posing no immediate threat with no due process or consequences. It's the joker card for the government basically.

on the other hand American companies spying users are more dangerous for Americans than Chinese companies.

... as will be an American company working against Chinese national security.

Kettle. Pot.

Sort of, the american people will not celebrate to the most part apple or google working against the chinese government but the american government will sure cheer them on. But the Chinese people will be on CCP's side if it works against american national security, the CCP has popular support in China because of the economic improvements it has enabled.

Yeah, you might update your view of other countries eventually. What you are describing are North-Korean-style mass "protests", often at gunpoint, in which it appears that a large mass of people cheer for the fall of the 'great imperialist demon'. Go talk to Chinese or Iranians or [insert future mortal enemy of the US], and you'll see: a population most often could not care less what the US does (or what is done against the US), unless the US is currently in the process of murdering said population.

Hell, even the Vietnamese don't hate on the US as much these days - even though they'd have every reason to.

I am not talking about protests but actual Chinese people and their views. They are very supportive of the CCP. Chinese expats however tend to be mostly pro-US