There are a lot of different ways you could twist the relationship POET has with China, and there is little doubt the powers that be want to drag us into a war somewhere, anywhere, to get themselves out of the inflation nightmare they have created by spending money they don't have.
It's all very concerning.
Could this article work in POET's favour?
Yes, if diplomacy ever wakes up from it's decades long slumber.
Otherwise, I highly doubt it.