The boss Xi Jinping and the subordinate Antony Blinken.🤭 Diplomatic protocol insists Blinken to attend the meeting as a lower ranked official, and side-sit with President Xi. Interesting comparison with Bill Gates, who got to sit side-by-side with President Xi just 2 days ago

Diplomatic protocols can be bent These are meetings with former US secretaries of state

The effect for 🇺🇸 is embarrassing. Blinken and his delegation sitting on one side, Qin and his on the other, all listening to Xi mouthing diplomatic bromides, like attentive subordinates being instructed by their CEO at a company board meeting.

“我了解，你现在当上了国务卿，在国内的地位很好，一些资本家和政客都需要你，你的盟友们都维护你，你不需要我这种朋友。但是…现在你来找我说：阁下，请跟我们建立沟通渠道。你对我一点尊重也没有，你并不把我当朋友，你们不愿意维护世界和平，你甚至不愿意叫我一声总书记。”

Just following diplomatic protocol, like with Vietnam Politburo member

Marshal Zhao, is this also you being the boss and Vietnam being the subordinate?

he learned from his colleague:

Yes but Gates who had an interest and a hand in the whole covid debacle sitting next to any president should be a cause for serious concern...

Remember which our of two countries still calls itself a developing country on the world stage. You’re only a few decades out of rice farming, thanks to our assistance.