I'm saying it's the main reason they are allowed to continue to operate, at least for the last 10 years. Having foreign diplomats snooping around outside of the "everything is awesome" parts of China is not something they are comfortable with, but it's tolerated as long as it gives them convenient access to the United States via consular services. This is where having the vast majority of your political and business class deeply dependent on access to a foreign country starts to make life complicated.

So I guess that's my roundabout way of saying I agree with you, but there are competing priorities that the CCP has to balance. The U.S. side has no equivalent balancing to do on their side since the Chinese consulates don't provide any service that is particularly valuable to the USG or your average American.