[The United States Ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, stated on 2 May that “the United States is ready to engage in a dialogue with China and hopes that China will respond positively, as reported by the United States Cable News Network (CNN) on 3 May. We hope to establish better and deeper channels of communication between the two Governments.” According to media reports, in an event organized by the Washington, D.C. Stimson Center, the Governments of the Central and the United States need ...