Diplomatic Decoupling With China

The regime in Beijing went too far in its humiliation of American diplomats

Aerial view of people queuing up for COVID-19 PCR testing in Tianjin, China, on Jan. 20, 2022. VCG via Getty Images

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Since at least Fall 2020, American diplomats in China have quietly suffered. So have their families. Using the excuse of the pandemic, the regime in Beijing imprisoned as many as 30 diplomats and family members “in locked rooms and often squalid conditions,” according to The Wall Street Journal.