"shows this is probably just a pause until things die down" It's a pragmatic response, not Machiavellian. Times change. Situations evolve. It'd be imprudent f

"shows this is probably just a pause until things die down" It's a pragmatic response, not Machiavellian. Times change. Situations evolve. It'd be imprudent for G to say they are never going into China. Xi could change his mind, he could retire, or maybe there's a gaping loophole of some kind in the firewall. Or maybe China literally opens up the firewall and does some kind of different filtering of their own. It'd be simply unwise to draw any long term conclusions from it all.