Eventually, from President Xi, the mullahs would demand their share in Beijing, sans any gulags. Now, US was clever enough, that despite its gulf & mid-east+ conflicts, it forged representatives of pluralism via -> Investments, CVs, Age, Health; hence showing the World about democratic values, albeit, that’s an ultra-filtered pluralism (alike recruitment process of any fortune 500 company, &, not of a nation); and unlike India since independence. But, China’s bonhomie with the mid-east+ would eventually demand in return, & yes, not debt diplomacy, which in the end China only would’ve to opt for debt restructuring,