How is GrapheneOS unethical? How isn't it as free as CalyxOS? Basically everything they add to the OS can be disabled. Personally, I'd say GrapheneOS and CalyxOS are the same in this regard.
How is CalyxOS stricter on software? With GrapheneOS, a user can opt to only use F-Droid to install everything too if they wanted to.
It's just their government. The people are pretty okay (I lived in China for 5+ years).
Also, consider their neighbor, Taiwan, which is also "Chinese". If I remember correctly, the 9 Dash Line was originally an ROC thing and you don't see Taiwan pissing off every other country around them.