The comment you were responding to was specifically about the people, and you gave no indication you were talking about the government. Even if you were, blaming ordinary ticket-buyers' interest on the government wouldn't make any sense.
The linked article specifically talks about COVID lockdowns and diminished audience interest in H'wood franchise blockbusters in general as the relevant factors.
Whatever your intentions, you chimed in with a non-sequitur that consisted of a classic Sinophobic cliché. Doubling down on it isn't doing you any favors.