Lessons from the Alaska summit: both the US and China must rethink their diplomacy

Beijing’s diplomacy vis-à-vis the US too often sounds like a broken record. A dynamic, mostly improving China should have more to offer

Meanwhile, American diplomats seem utterly flummoxed by Beijing, and risk aiming at old China ghosts rather than new realities

Tom Plate

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Published: 1:30am, 23 Mar, 2021

Updated: 2:31am, 23 Mar, 2021

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Tom Plate is a university professor and a veteran columnist focused on Asia and America. This Distinguished Scholar of Asian and Pacific Studies at Loyola Marymount University has orchestrated live interactive seminars with major universities across Asia, as part of the LMU’s path-finding Asia Media International Centre. He is also the author of 13 books, including the bestsellers “Confessions of an American Media Man” (2007), four volumes in the “Giants of Asia” series, and three In the 'Tom Plate on Asia' book series. He is vice-president of the Pacific Century Institute, in Los Angeles.

Lessons from the Alaska summit: both the US and China must rethink their diplomacy

Beijing’s diplomacy vis-à-vis the US too often sounds like a broken record. A dynamic, mostly improving China should have more to offer Meanwhile, American diplomats seem utterly flummoxed by Beijing, and risk aiming at old China ghosts rather than new realities

Beijing’s diplomacy vis-à-vis the US too often sounds like a broken record. A dynamic, mostly improving China should have more to offer

Meanwhile, American diplomats seem utterly flummoxed by Beijing, and risk aiming at old China ghosts rather than new realities