A provocation. A tit for tat provocation. It was no longer done in the subtle way of the East, but a direct hit to their image and ego. Not only was good old Merica unaccustomed to this, but they also found it completely unacceptable. Hence, retaliation arrived the next day.
Isolation! A complete and thorough isolation policy against Z country. Any company that collaborated or had business contacts with Xing Hai Technologies and their related businesses would all be blocked. All copyrights of western tech companies would never be authorized to Xing Hai Technologies. The overseas assets of all employees from Xing Hai Technologies were frozen… Etc., etc.
However, unexpectedly, the global bounty for the arrest of the founder, upper management of Xing Hai Technologies, and their relatives were never announced.
