When they started chest-beating and China started to ape them, the results are predictable. You paint yourself into a corner. I prefer to be more machiavellian. Take Australia for example, trade sanctions should have been levelled against it back in 2018 when it banned Huawei. Instead, China issued warning after warning and threat after threat. It only serves to help Morrison government and stiffen its resistance. Stop the useless talk...they don't respect restraint. Hit them where it hurts already.