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Contesting While Shaking Hands

fter a nine-month interval, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen returned to China. The 77-year-old official is highly respected in the country for her professional and pragmatic approach. Her “restaurant diplomacy” once again proved a success during this trip, which ran from April 4 to 9. Like her visit last July, Yellen chose to dine at popular local eateries in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, and Beijing. The menus of her meals and photos of her outings were widely shared on Chinese social media platforms,

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