microphone diplomacy

Even as China’s activities in South China sea and the recent cyber attacks on the U.S. government systems have strained the U.S-China relations, China has reached out to the United States with an appeal to give up the path of “microphone diplomacy” and solve differences bilaterally through dialogue. It wanted the U.S to take up initiatives for creating conducive atmosphere to allow the successful U.S. visit by President Xi Jinping this year.