Interesting comments from one who lived in China and still visits China!

You are right IMHO that the Chinese care about China not other countries.  China not the USA  first built a wall around it to keep foreigners out.   

And the Chinese are leaders in making a deal.   A country that gets away with trade arrangements enabling it to sell $4 of exports to the US for each $1 of exports from the US and run up $360 billion trade surpluses with the US and sell $3.30 in exports to the Canada for every $1 of exports from Canada knows how to make a deal.   Mind you, its total lack of ethics on  currency valuations, intellectual property and adherence to international treaties on the environment and human rights and health and safety, etc.  also give it a trading advantage.

As you suggest, our first focus should be solidify our trading status with Trump and the US.  It is insane to read the vitriol here about Trump and the US while the Chinese dictators largely get a
pass and promise.