IF you always eat the same meal then you get bored and want to try a new one. China threat theory is running out of steam, it was tasty at first BUT it wasn't as advertised. The reason, the Chinese understand the American thinking, they didn't take the bait instead work hard to improve themselves to close those vulnerabilities.China losing the limelight is actually a good thing. It means less anti-China action will come from the west. China is essentially fighting a defensive battle of keeping market access, western tech, western customers as much as possible so that China can grow richer in peace. They would prefer that the west is focusing on other enemies and regions.
Recent DOD article about China having 500 nukes is now all the way bottom news in Google News. In the past this would be number 1 news, essentially front page content. Anti-China opnion pieces have also reduced quite a bit.
These recurring narrative is making China look good especially as the collective west make a fool of themselves, you don't need to propagandized yourself the Collective West will do it for you.