Diplomacy happening now but it doesn’t cover Taiwan or naval scenarios
Wong et al 23- diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times who covers foreign policy from Washington.
Edward Wong, Keith Bradsher and Alan Rappeport, Bradsher is the Pulitzer Prize-winning Beijing bureau chief and Rappeport is an economic policy reporter at The New York Times, “Biden Bets High-Level Diplomacy Can Cool Fiery Relations With China," No Publication, 7-10-2023, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/us/politics/biden-china-diplomacy.html-- 嘉玮
The diplomacy has done nothing to address the single thorniest issue between the two nations — the status of Taiwan — and China’s military ambitions in the Asia-Pacific region, which are incompatible with U.S. military dominance there. When Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Mr. Xi in June, the Chinese leader refused to even acknowledge there needed to be a framework for the rivalry.