Catch-22 for airlines, if they ignore the new airspace rules then they get accused of putting passengers lives at risk, but if they obey them they get called weak and subservient.
It's not particularly likely the Chinese would shoot down an airliner, but a military patrol aircraft...well, I doubt they'd gun for a US aircraft, but they might try their luck with a Japanese EW aircraft, perhaps create another Hainan Island Incident.
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