"Trump is the first U.S. President to understand how [China's] red dragon hides behind the panda mask. It is specifically because he understands that Panda is a mask that President Trump messages warmth toward the Chinese people, and pours vociferous praise upon Xi Jinping, while simultaneously confronting the geopolitical doctrine of the Xi regime.

First he got their attention with tariffs. Then, on one hand President Trump has engaged in very public and friendly trade negotiations with China (panda approach); yet on the other hand, long before the Wuhan virus, Trump fractured their global supply chains, influenced the movement of industrial goods to alternate nations, and incentivized an exodus of manufacturing (dragon result)."

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/09/11/strategic-winning-samsung-and-hk-hynix-stop-next-gen-chip-sales-to-huawei/