Commentary There was no doubt that the U.S.-China talks, which began on March 18, would be very difficult despite the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, repeatedly calling it a “high-level strategic dialogue.” However, as soon as the talks began, the Chinese Foreign Ministry immediately changed its tone from dialogue to confrontation. At a press conference on March 19, spokesman Zhao Lijian said, “the opening statements were fiery and theatrical.” State-run media Xinhua quickly followed Zhao’s briefing in its report by stating that the U.S. side “provoked disagreements first and that the opening statements were fiery and theatrical, which is not what China wishes to see.” The open clash completely exposed the lie the CCP spread to its domestic audience that this was a so-called “China-U.S. high-level strategic dialogue.” What is odd is that the CCP media reported about confrontation to its domestic audience, and so quickly this …