Israel companies may have done spying on whatsapp, but we can trust the israel govt to investigate and stop that, or at least that it could be pressured into doing so. not so with china. china doesn't need to spy all the time. and huawei can even be willing to sign a no-spy contract with your government, and promisees to fold if ever found to have spied. but that's a good bargain for china. all it needs is to spy at one critical moment - say when a great war happens between it and the west. then letting one company fold up is good price to pay for the spying just before that critical moment - the company would have to fold in such a war anyway. moral: trust your garrulous friends, not your sweet-talking enemies.