As US-China ties hit new lows, are diplomatic backchannels still effective?
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Backchannel diplomacy, such as Henry Kissinger’s trip to China after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, has played a key role in stabilising rocky relations, but analysts say unofficial dialogues are unlikely to yield the same success now.