Have you just revised your flags? For I remember you had two US flags, rather than the alternate you have now.
Anyway, I am simply pointing out the fact that the official stand and a scholar's speculation/theorizing would not perfectly fit.
First of all, a scholar would not have all the resources a foreign policy expert at the Foreign Ministry would. Inter-state relations is simply another level of social-being. If one is not there, one cannot know exactly what is going on.
That's why my interpretation of the situation and China's official reaction would not entirely match. But this does not prevent me from arriving at certain conclusion so long as I establish the required causal relationship.
China's (Mainland) IR domain is way complicated than you think, and it is based on die-hard pragmatism and *** (I will keep this part for myself because I am doing a research on it at the moment and trying to coin a term for the first time).
I am still an outside observer, if you have noticed my flags. My interpretation might as well be proven wrong or inadequate.
Agree. The new security law has not been finalized yet. Let's see what sort of measures are being promoted to ensure national security and absolute sovereignty.
It is, I think, also partly the duty of the nation's scholars (especially IR and security experts) to work on the issue, keep/reinforce political consciousness so that a level of awareness would be ensured for every level of society.