"The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has asserted that the US and its allies must keep China in “its proper place”. This wasn’t the kind of rhetoric of Richard Nixon with his opening to China half a century ago. Nor was it that of Jimmy Carter who gave full recognition to China. The clock needs to be wound back. The US needs to negotiate with China in better faith than it has in recent years... The leadership from the top over the last three American presidencies has steadily pushed US public opinion from being friendly towards China in the direction of hostility..."