US-China diplomacy – Charm

Top U.S. diplomat makes Trump’s approach clear in talks with China

Cs news9 months ago05 mins

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday made clear to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in a phone call that the new Donald Trump administration will focus on American interests above all else, the State Department said. Rubio, who was sworn in Tuesday as Trump’s top diplomat, also expressed deep concern over China’s “coercive”…

Peer pressure may be fuelling hawkish stances on China among US foreign policy elite

Cs news10 months ago02 mins

American foreign policy specialists are being pushed to appear more hawkish towards China than they actually are because of professional and social pressures, a new survey has concluded. It said there is “a degree of pluralistic ignorance in the foreign policy community, where people overestimate the level of consensus, inflate the level of threat, and…