Our response to Chinese coddling of nuclear-bent Iran and intimidation of Japan and Taiwan should be to give Taiwan about 200 nuclear warheads, including a ballistic missile submarine, and then tell China to “suck it”.
As a person who worked in Japan for a little while, I think the Japanese need to rediscover their Japanese warrior manhood once more and bring back the Samurai, for the Chinese in some way never lost theirs over the many years.