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> The fact that someone lives in China or Russia does not, by itself, make them an untrustworthy person, any more than someone living in the United States, Germany, Japan, or the UK.

It has nothing to do with "untrustworthy" and everything to do with "will be coerced without anyone even breaking the law".

I don't know if that will change your mind, but it's an important difference, it's not a judgement of the people but of the state they are living in.