I really don't understand why this has become a cause celebre among Americans; it seems like a very astroturfed issue, along with the Anti-China sentiment in general.
No anti-china sentiment is built upon 30 years of china acting in bad faith, from bashing down one of our spy planes over international waters, their maximalist claims in the south china seas, the constant breaking of their word in any trade deal we make with them, product dumping, stealing our technology when ever possible and a host of other issues America had a whole bunch of stuff to be pissed at with china over before covid came and futher poisoned the well.
A American Chinese trade war is envitable, there is too much bad blood between us to have any other out come.