The US-China Relations: A Pre-Balloon Level?

Dongjao: China's growing interest in international mediation is partly due to an increasingly anti-American stance. Beijing clearly sees an opening there which shows American influence is waning, Dongjao says. The Vienna meeting between Wang and Sullivan was the highest level in person talks since the G20 summit of Xi and Biden in Bali in November. Both sides feel the need to ease tensions as they allow widespread concerns about risk of miscalculations or even unintended conflicts said Dongjao.