China sees the US as a competitor, not a partner. Why would the USA not respond in kind? Not only that but China is committing mass espionage in US universitie

China sees the US as a competitor, not a partner. Why would the USA not respond in kind? Not only that but China is committing mass espionage in US universities through their Thousand Currents program and National Front Work Programming. They are using 5th generation war tactics to attack and debase the US society through cultural weapons such as tiktok, as well as Facebook and twitter. They are attempting to install backdoors in US infrastructure such as the power grid (Biden signed executive order reversing a ban on such equipment) and the communications backbones (huawei, zte, etc). They have police stations in countries all over the world to ensure they can rendition misbehaving expats. Its likely covid was leaked by improper handling of virus research in the BSL2 parts of the WIV. So they likely are to blame for poor practice's. The WHO was demonstrably favourable to China giving them a two week headstart and refusing to acknowledge or talk about Taiwan as a country. It doesn't matter what trump said we have video from the source. They frustrate freedom of movement operations in international water they claim sovereignty over. And overall they operate in bad faith, using hypocritical unequal double standards, pushing for conditions in the USA and elsewhere that they disallow in China. So it is no wonder US politicians believe them to be an enemy, when they act like one.