you take is probably valid. one wishe4s that the chinese leadership will wise up and revert to the wiser old days. it must be very expensive to keep after Tibat and Taiwan in terms of manpower and treasure.
should china decide to do the right thing adn let them go, their esteem in world leadership circles would rise dramatically. that would increase people wanting to do business with them, and their own self respect.
but, alas, they won’t do such a thing - gotta save face doncha know. so the lousy olympics is the most important to them.
They can’t live on forever, Chinese or not :)