Nepal, April 16 -- Today, building such relationships - essential to foster trust between high officials - should be a top priority of US leaders, regardless of gender. Such an effort could build on the ties being created through unofficial dialogues.

The Sino-American relationship is at its lowest point in decades. Following the recent bilateral summit in Alaska - the first high-level talks since President Joe Biden took office - it is far from clear whether the new US administration understands what it will take to revive it.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that, while America's relationship with China has some "adversarial" aspects, it also has "cooperative ones." At the Alaska summit, however, there was little sign of ...