Blinky goes to China to offer unconditional surrender

Think about it. Is there anyone on Planet Earth who imagines we are negotiating with China from a position of strength? Hell no! If there's one thing the past year of our Ukraine fiasco makes plain, it's that threats from Washington can be ignored. Ya, Uncle Sam's gonna bust your ass and kill your kids if you don't dance to his tune... and while we're still good at killing kids and bombing wedding parties, the reputation of US arms and US power has taken a shit-kicking this past year. There's more and more renegade nations saying "nein danke" to Empire. Now the "free world," aka "the Nations of Virtue," aka EU/US/NATO, aka "Uncle Sam's bumboys," are up a stump. US/NATO training, guidance, and hardware are clearly not up to the job. They've been revealed as worthless for all the world to see. So what's Blinken imagine he might be negotiating, other than surrender?