Chinese Communist Party leadership is a massive bureaucracy filled with factions and infighting.
No one will dare speak publicly at this immediate point, particularly on issues regarding the USA (grade A, tier 1 in their organizational and responsibility chart) so they will all gather, view who is on what side of the issue, and collectively decide their public strategy.
I don’t believe no response is purposeful, its just how their massive, plodding ruling bureaucracy works.
“Chinese Communist Party leadership is a massive bureaucracy filled with factions and infighting.”
Maybe their focus is turning to that...
Powerful Party members are getting their oxen gored with the business pullback.
Maybe some will want new leadership.