Was it so clever? Hasn't this event encouraged a shift to a radically altered climate of opinion among many with regard to China (as CCCP)? Seems this is already having consequences.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/07/04/hsbc-faces-c...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/u-k-may-phase-out-huawe...