You're absolutely right to point out that our expectations of China's becoming more like us have not materialized, and we need to adjust to that reality. Absolutely.
I don't think, though, that we can derive from that the conclusion that China will behave in particular areas all the time in ways that conflict directly with our interests and preferences. It's important to be able to identify the areas where, indeed, a difference of interests, values and preferences needs to be reacted to or addressed, and areas where our interests and preferences might align in ways that we don't necessarily suspect. It's important to remember that.
The fact that our expectations of China's transitioning into a liberal democracy through its embeddedness in the global economy have not materialized doesn't mean we shouldn't continue to engage China and be able to find ways to convince them to engage in forms of behaviour that align more closely with how we see the rules underpinning the international order in ways that can sustain our interest and preferences in this regard.
I don't think it's a mutually exclusive thing, but I think we need to move past these expectations that we're going to be able to see a transformation of China in a way that China becomes one of the like-minded in virtually all domains. Getting rid of these expectations and reacting to that is important.