So, providing it's world-beating expertise (vs a less-capable local team) to the practical implementation of CCP's totalitarian goals of surveillance and information restriction is not helping implement these goals?

Seriously? Talk about naive, that's textbook.

"Realpolitik" -- you may be right about that, since the first definition is "a system of politics or principles based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations."

In short, you say it is great as long as you consider only practical issues, and ignore all moral or ethical considerations.

So, you are either trolling to assist the CCP's goals or are simply advocating for behaving without ethics or morals. Which is it?

And I can assure you that outrage against helping totalitarian/authoritarian regimes is neither naive or disingenuous, at least for ethical people.

I suggest reading people who have actually lived in and fought such regimes, such as Garry Kasparov, former World Chess Champion and Russian Presidential candidate -- people who've actually been there, done that, buried their friends.

I assure you, they know the real score, and have zero tolerance for "realpolitik" bullst.