IT IS China's least edifying diplomatic strategy, and it is certainly not from "The Analects" of Confucius or from Sun Tzu's "Art of War". Call it the doghouse approach. If China does not like what you are doing, it bullies you until you change. If you don't, it punishes you by putting you in the doghouse. If you still refuse to change, it pulls you out again after a suitable term of punishment, pretends all is normal, and expects you to be grateful.
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