Navigating the Complexities of US-China Relations.

The lack of face-to-face contact between the US and China due to travel restrictions and other factors is an obstacle to stabilizing ties, avoiding a crisis, and cooperating on bilateral issues and global challenges such as climate change and public health. Rebuilding people-to-people ties, face-to-face communication, cultural exchanges, and on-the-ground fieldwork and observation is crucial to building mutual understanding. The two governments should also find a path back to official dialogue by setting aside unreasonable preconditions and needless limits to the range of acceptable topics.