China has violated the WTO agreements for a decade and a half. There are countless examples of industrial espionage as well as trademark theft. The Chinese ref

China has violated the WTO agreements for a decade and a half. There are countless examples of industrial espionage as well as trademark theft. The Chinese refuse to do anything about it. Americans finally wised up to this and the Chinese are now scrambling to find a solution, but the CCP has painted themselves into a corner. Any concession to the US will be seen as an ultimate slap in the face to Chinese pride. The CCP has propped up it's legitimacy by blaming all their problems on "foreign influence". The US and the Japanese being the main two antagonists. Well, if you tell your people that the US is fucking you, then you give in to them, then that makes you look weak and ineffective. And it will hurt the CCP's political situation very badly.