How nice of China to give them the time and space to do that slowly so it doesn’t have to cause a lot of upheaval in their society. Now that’s an understanding and reasonable adversary. If only all national security threats behaved that way, things can be much better. Like imagine if Bin Laden had simply called ahead about 9/11, let people prepare, slowly empty the towers and create a safety zone around it, then the whole 9/11 fiasco could have been a fun demolition watch instead of all the hassle. He lacked class in my opinion.