Boston.
Headquarters of the International Union of Materials Research Societies.
Chairman Swift sat in his office while Secretary-General Merri Finch looked at the email on the computer screen with a dumbfounded expression. He didn't talk for a while.
About a day ago, the White House accepted their proposal, and the United States Congress side also gave the green light. They intended to use this award ceremony as an opportunity to restore the relationship between the two countries.
Whether it was the Lunar Gateway space station or the fusion reactor in California, they were inseparable from the Chinese transport spacecraft and engineers. They couldn't continue to carry on this kind of confrontation, it would feel like a little kid making a tantrum.
All signs showed that the confrontation between them and China was over.
After all, if this confrontation continued, the people of California would start asking for independence again.