You're thinking too much 5D chess. Nobody will consider China as bearing responsibility.The ship did not flee into the high seas. It was escorted by multiple coastguard and navy ships of NATO countries (including Danish) through Danish territorial waters and was only asked to stop right after it exited Danish territorial waters. It sure seems like they deliberately created a situation where China bears the responsibility
No they could not have stopped the ship inside Danish waters without essentially declaring to China they're doing to Chinese vessels what Ansarallah is doing to US vessels.for investigating when they could have easily stopped the ship inside Danish waters and had free rein for the "full investigation" that their media is now claiming China is obstructing them from.
They were not ready for that type of heat so they got out of the kitchen. There's no 5D chess, the cable is gone and the whole thing will be forgotten on China's side a few weeks later, like how US forgot the nordstream thing.