[mdorazio]

I have to agree with geowwy on this one. I think the issue is more that China hasn't been playing by the US's normal business rules for a while now, while most other bad actors the US is friendly with do play. For example, currency manipulation, outright IP theft, state-sponsored propping up of US business clones, mandatory dual-ownership of companies, and now strong-arming US companies if they want unfettered access to the China market. Enough influential people's feathers got ruffled to get the ball rolling, which just happened to coincide with worse-than-usual human rights violations.