I'm pretty anti China (or rather anti the CCP). But this is the same everywhere: leaders keep foreign conflicts burning to distract from domestic issues and sho

I'm pretty anti China (or rather anti the CCP). But this is the same everywhere: leaders keep foreign conflicts burning to distract from domestic issues and shore up domestic support. The UK (my country) does it with 1001 places (Greece and the Elgin Marbles, Argentina and the Falklands, German and WW1 and WW2, France and, well, everything). The US does it with Iran and Cuba. China does it with all it's neighbors. It's childish and short-termist and dangerous. But it works. That's what this is. It's Winnie the Pooh rallying support, not an actual political position.