Don&apos t look for a best friend, but establish warm ties with as many coworkers as possible.
In Sri Lanka and Myanmar, too, China is stepping in with substantial aid and cheap loans, establishing warm ties with governments shunned by the West (although India has been warming relations too).
Mr Modi proved remarkably engaging towards his guest, addressing him familiarly as Barack and emphasising the importance of "chemistry" between leaders in establishing warm ties between countries (he did not mention that it would be better still if they were nurtured better by institutions, as well).
The president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has established warm personal and professional ties, as have key members of an influential US business network and the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, who has spent dozens of hours with the crown prince in his royal diwan, or a tent in the desert, where he often retreats for weekends.
The relationship between Merkel and Trump contrasts with the warm ties between herself and Barack Obama.
The canonisations were welcomed by the Palestinian Authority, which has warm ties with the Pope.
The wars once over, the two nations established friendly ties.
President Jimmy Carter, who established formal ties with Beijing in 1979, downgraded the ties with Taiwan to "unofficial" relations.
