Originally Posted by
gulliBell
And why not? Anything to embarrass the US. They are in a trade war with the US, and in a virtual cold war over the South China Sea.
that is a dumb interpretation. The Chinese authorities have long wielded the feared approach of strict and often punitive measures (i.e. lifetime bans for pilots) for even smaller transgressions. The reason is that the Chinese population has zero acceptance of risks and accidents and is very vocal about it, which often leads to the dismissal of officials when something bad happens. The politicians like keeping their jobs and thus they act.
You can see this happen all the time. Terrorist attack in Paris? Tourism absolutely plummets for six months. Turkish Airlines has an incident? Get ready for major discounts because the loads evaporate. The reaction is much more massive than in the US, which has to do with the Chinese internet being nearly 100% social media. Massive recalls had to be launched by companies from all over the planet because that's how finicky Chinese consumers are. Go ask Volkswagen.
This has nothing to do with the US. Not everything is about you.