They are simply paid by the Chinese. Pausing just gives Chinese time to catch up. It's like nuclear weapons or human cloning. You can't stop it because benefit for the winner is too huge.
I'm not a fan of his antics or public persona, but it's a pretty huge claim to make with 0 backup that he's in the pocket of the CCP. Where did you get that idea anyway?
Of course, my personal zero-hard-evidence theory is that he is a US intelligence asset.
Making friends with a super intelligent AI that will help you out doesn't count.