But most of it is about more punitive sentencing, harsher sentencing.

And if we rely, as we do at the moment, solely on the criminal justice system and the threat of punitive sentences, we will be nurturing a monster we cannot tame.

Protectionists in the United States and Europe, itching to slap huge punitive tariffs on Chinese goods, have been caught flat footed. They want to keep bathing in press coverage, but if they push their China bashing too far and too fast, the protectionists will be seen as hindering delicate behind the scenes negotiations.