The reason why those seizures are happening is why this "escalatory" bulletin is newsworthy. This is another bullet point in an escalation trend we've been see

The reason why those seizures are happening is why this "escalatory" bulletin is newsworthy. This is another bullet point in an escalation trend we've been seeing between the West and China, mostly surrounding infrastructure and political pressure/flurries of arrests and high profile detainments, in both regions.