Rick's refusal to put his own needs before those of Laszlo -- and by extension the war effort -- reflects his priorities and his patriotism, but what makes Rick's sacrifice so powerful is that it is unaccompanied by chestpounding or sentimentality.
But the data will likely provide an impetus for China hard landing theorists to pump up their chest and start pounding it like an I-told-you-to-listen-to-me silverback gorilla in the mist.