Funny that..
.. I get a lot of dictionary attacks from US based IP addresses - more than from Chinese ones.
I'm glad someone appears to see sense re mandatory backdoors. Yes, I said "appears" because I don't trust them to suddenly abandon that unicorn, but if you ever need any help telling someone it's a bad idea, make them look up "TSA keys". Be warned, the guys in the land of the barbie did not get it. Monumentally stupid, because there's no way I can now use any software from there as I have a GDPR to comply with...