China Diplomacy - What Are You Doing to the Whole Relationship?

Chinese diplomats often present a part of your issue within the context of the whole relationship so for example if it is about Australian for Australia investigating Chinese investments because of national security reasons. Beijing will never be sort of equal to the whole right they will always be more elements of it and there will be areas in which it can give or it may not give but that doesn't necessarily change the entire policy towards the state. So this stakes for you as a foreign diplomat who is probably negotiating who's probably figuring out trade negotiations  is not just about that domain of trade it's about what am I doing to the whole relationship by doing this?