China may deserve it, but what about individual ethnic Chinese in the US, who may even have left because of the oppressive political system in the PRC? Making them collateral damage is pretty shortsighted in my opinion.
I think you've hit the nail on the head. I'm all for rooting out Chinese IP thieves and generally think the "trade war" is deserved, but it's absolutely unacceptable to target an American citizen due to their ethnicity. We can't sacrifice our ideals out of fear, and especially not for convenience.