Purely Economic Reasons?

Is that why they put restrictions on fertilizer exports as the global market tightened, as if they weren't only selling excess? Is that why they're backing the Iranian regime to control natural gas supplies while already having nearly infinite natural gas with no buyers to compete with from Russia? Is that why they tear down temples in Tibet, commit genocide in Xinjiang, and use extreme force to recapture Hong Kong and soon Taiwan? Is that why they used TikTok to promote Donald Trump, the most anti-trade potus in over a century?

China is a malignant tumor on this world, Xi Jinping is playing a game of Conquest like his predecessors. The vast majority of their foreign policy is completely malicious and has no economic benefits.