Your points makes sense, but I think it is fair to say that the US is openly engaged in a kind of Cold War with Iran, for good or for ill, and everyone understa

Your points makes sense, but I think it is fair to say that the US is openly engaged in a kind of Cold War with Iran, for good or for ill, and everyone understands that. When a government uses its resources to prey upon another country's companies, that is also a kind of Cold War. Of course, we cannot prevent China from doing so, if they choose. But are they actually prepared for the eventual tit-for-tat response? At this point, China is merely getting its fair warning. What matters is what unfolds over the next decade.