I don't see how democracy has anything to do with wanting to secure video calls or not but anyways, how is this worse than trusting anything from the US? Not trying to add whataboutism, but curious if you have the same look on security when made by companies that share data with someone that realistically could come after you for anything done in those calls. PRC clearly can't unless you live in PRC while the FBI and CIA operate in most of the world, more often than not hand in hand with local police or agencies.
No, instead they target political dissidents and find any possible family you might have in China and threaten to hurt them if you don't either return to the PRC or commit suicide [1], much better.
