I wouldn’t totally subscribe to that, having worked with Chinese allowed to travel. There’s acceptance to the rules active incountry, but very much subversive energy and sarcasm/cynicism abroad, and willingness to break the rules. If one manages to get them to open up a bit. I’ve worked with tech folks only, though.

“…with exposed management interfaces on the public internet.”

You might assume that was just a trigger, first thing that came to their mind, as they said.