This video explores the long-standing superstition of backroom diplomacy in U.S. diplomacy toward China and its dangers. The speaker points out that the CCP has repeatedly violated both public and private promises, yet certain interest groups and China experts in Washington still blindly believe in closed-door negotiations. The video reviews the drawbacks of the backroom model since Nixon's visit to China, analyzes the tactics used by the CCP to hoodwink Western dignitaries through information control and cultural misinterpretation, and calls on Washington to abandon appeasement and illusions toward Beijing, adhere to diplomatic principles of transparency, record-keeping, and verification, and force the CCP to change using the truth in the sunlight.
U.S. Representative Barat told Voice of America that the United States must acknowledge China's strength and engage with it, especially on artificial intelligence issues, but at the same time maintain a distrustful attitude.
US Secretary of State Rubio stated that despite differences between the US and China, communication at the highest level is responsible statecraft, mentioning issues of trade, critical minerals, and supply chains.
In Toronto, several Falun Gong practitioners protesting near the CCP consulate had a man suspected of being a CCP staff member snatch their banner and assault an elderly woman, causing her jaw to bleed.
Xi Jinping plans to travel from his hotel to the White House on the same day to attend the event, and the White House will hold a flight display in the morning, featuring B-2 bombers and F-22 fighter jets.
7月16日，中国G59高速公路湖北段麒麟观隧道发生坍塌，原因疑似为未用钢筋。网友调侃称“举世闻名的基建狂魔，盖隧道哪需要钢筋”。
7月22日，广西横州有灾民陆续发声称，临时安置点突然下达紧急通知，要求灾民限期搬走，不准再去临时安置点。
7月23日，广西横州镇龙乡的一名网友发布视频称，当地持续遭遇强降雨，刚通的路又被冲毁。
7月22日晚上，陕西宝鸡遭遇强降雨，城区多处道路出现严重积水。同日，河北石家庄多地也遭到暴雨袭击，道路出现严重积水。网友评论称，表面光鲜的都市，政绩高于民生。