[euix]

Maybe it's a next level play the more hardline authoritarian China becomes the easier it is to rally the domestic population to be anti-Chinese in all matters. Remember when terrorists created sectarian violence in Iraq for the sole purpose of inciting ethnic conflict?

I wouldn't have believed it was possible even 5 years ago in the U.S. but now who knows.

[ryosuke]

Indeed. Though given this administration's history I'm more inclined to believe there is no grand strategy, I'm sure such a play would be effective.