Case Studies in Chinese Economic Pressure

Recently, a trade economist asked me if I had come across a list of instances where the Chinese government had put economic pressure on another government in relation to a non-trade issue. I hadn't seen anything, but it seemed worth digging into, so I put an excellent Cato intern named Ashley Hitchings, a University of Chicago undergrad, on it. I thought she did a great job gathering information from publicly available sources, but I know that for this kind of research, there is behind the scenes information that only an insider would know. What I thought I would do is post her work here, Case Studies in Chinese Economic Pressure, and see if anyone had any additional insights about the cases she discusses or has any additional cases to add.