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The first meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and their Chinese counterparts Yang Jiechi and Wang Yi in Anchorage was perilous for what occurred, including the Chinese officials’ insults against the United States, but also for the precedent the U.S. officials set with their passive response. In its aftermath, Americans would do well to consider what must be accomplished in future Sino-American meetings, including what the rules are going to be in the future. We suggest four.
First, do not fall for China’s diplomacy trap. The American side must clearly see China’s intent for this type of dialogue and question whether the United States actually needs to engage the Chinese officials in such fora.
Certainly, there is symbolism in a Sino-American meeting and some possibility of addressing differences. Past experience has taught us, however, that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been habitually using it as a platform to propagandize against the United States and to stoke hypernationalism in China. If China has no intent to discuss substance, make compromises, or keep its promises, then the United States should refuse to offer it the platform and opportunity to put on a show.
As Malcolm Gladwell observed in Talking to Strangers, “the harder we work to get strangers to reveal themselves, the more elusive they become . . . Chamberlain would have been better off never meeting Hitler at all. He should have stayed home and read Mein Kampf.” This advice is particularly true at a Sino-American meeting where the Chinese violate the rules with impunity. Attending and taking it conveys American weakness to Chinese, American, and international audiences. If the U.S. side is unwilling to retaliate to punish the violation, then it would be far better not to have a face-to-face.
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