China alone stands up to America, as it did when the US spy plane EP3 Orion had to force land on Hainan island in China some years ago, after a collision which killed the pilot of an aggressive Chinese fighter plane. The US demanded the immediate release of the American plane and its crew and did some saber rattling. The Chinese demanded an abject apology from America, thoroughly inspected the spy plane to learn its secrets and only released the crew after a humiliating American apology. They did not allow the plane to fly out and had it dismantled and carted away in pieces by ship. They also insisted on and got damages for the unauthorized landing.
