Also I can remember she flew in to China to stop Macron making...

Also I can remember she flew in to China to stop Macron making any compromises with the Chinese and to instruct him on what he should say, and she was put in a que for tickets at a Chinese bus terminal while they rolled out the red carpet for Macron. The Chinese made sure to keep the two separate from each other. Macron was not so crazy then, and he was presumed to be the moderate who could talk peace terms. That's all some time ago now, but I think the main concern for Von der Lyon then was stopping Chinese economic trade or aid to Russia, and of course to stop Macron from making any separate deals.

So now I think she wants to make sure to punish the Chinese in any way she can.