After Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped his visit to China on Friday, discussions started to circulate on social media alleging the country had snubbed America's top diplomat by not giving him a send-off befitting his status.
The former Soviet Union and now Russia wrote the book — “Active Measures” — on political warfare and the use of covert political operations, to include the use of disinformation operations, to confuse and disrupt an adversary’s form of governance.
Blinken was not received with the customary welcoming ceremony at the airport, nor was there the usual decorum with dignitaries at his departure from Beijing – only U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns seeing him off.