Speak Loudly and Drop that Stick!

...seems to be the mantra of the Obama administration, which is following up the Iran deal--where the inability of Iran to abide by one treaty (the nuclear non-proliferation treaty) was deemed a reason to conclude a new deal with that country--by "warning" the People's Republic of China not to use spies to pressure Chinese ex-pats to return to China.

Um, yeah.....the PRC is breaking our laws to send spies here to pressure those who have left to return, including threats against family members still in the PRC, and they're going to heed a moral argument from Mr. Obama and his staff?  All I can say is "good luck with that, Mr. President."

Or, more directly, "Mr. President, zip it and pick up the stick.  They will pay attention to you a little more when a few dozen of their agents are in jail, and a few hundred more dissidents are in the U.S. on a visa given for asylum seekers."