-Closes the Chinese consulate in Houston

>Allegedly caught spying

-Charges two nationals for hacking

>Conducting justice shouldn't be seen as a deliberate attempt to increase tension

-Adds more companies to the entity list over Xinjiang

>Black listing companies involved in perpetuating genocide against the Uighurs doesn't seem controversial to me

-Bans federal contractors buying from Huawei

>National security

-Ups ante in the South China sea

>Allowing China to claim that region puts a substantial amount of trade in jeopardy, due to many established shipping routes going through there. China is the aggressor here, regardless of what the media tries to portray.

-Blacklists officials

>You need to be more specific, but I assume you are referring to more Uighur genocide related sanctions

-Removes Hong Kong's special status

>Following the terms of the Hong Kong special status trade agreement that hinges on it being a self-governed state. (It no longer is)

-Daily Cold War rhetoric from Pompeo

>Sabre rattling, but could be taken as aggressive action depending on whether Pompeo was talking about any of the points above. If so, then it's warranted.

-Restricts Chinese student visas

>The world is in lock-down. Even countries heavily reliant on chinese student spending, have temporarily restricted such visas.

-Ends fulbright scholar program Hong Kong

>Why continue such programs when the status of such a country changes? Those programs and trade agreements have to be renegotiated.

-Contemplating banning TikTok

>Reciprocal treatment of western social media. So far the first and only deliberate escalation of tensions against China, on this list. Justified... but certainly an escalation.