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What Is America’s China Policy?

Foreign Policy Live

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Challenges in U.S.-China Diplomacy Amid Personnel Cuts

This chapter examines the fallout from personnel reductions on U.S.-China relations, focusing on the essential role language skills and cultural understanding play in effective diplomacy. It underscores a critical meeting where a shortage of Mandarin interpreters highlighted the risks to national security and strategic capabilities arising from these cuts.

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