*ping*
Frequently, China has been treated better than known allies. Business community played a big part in this, too. Until China kicked out large U.S. corporations from Chinese market, which was taken over by copy-cat Chinese corporations, their mirror image.
Chinese money even bends Hollywood to do China's bidding. Swamp also loves Saudi and Chinese money. They are feeding off it. It is time to shut the money flow from either sources.
This should not be undercut by the desire to sell more beef and grains to China.
China found out that buying them off is a lot cheaper than they thought. It also breeds Chinese contempt.