Online Public Relations Thoughts

A succession of Biden administration officials have or are traveling to Beijing.  First it was Blinken.  Now it is Yellen.  It is personal diplomacy after a prolonged stand-off between the two countries and a strong way to build relations.  It is harder to condemn someone you have met and conversed with, especially if that person is trying to get along.  The message is to cool the rhetoric and to try and get along even though competition won't stop.  It is a delicate position that can slip to the negative instantly, particularly if China invades Taiwan. But, as long as a tentative peace is holding, that's the best the two countries can expect.