A)Janis Mackey Frayer is the author of the NBC article “Tillerson’s Beijing Visit Was a Home Run for China: State Media”(2017) in which they describe how US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited china and appeased the Chinese officials and media with his talk of cooperation. (B) Janis uses quotes from both Tillerson and Chinese President Xi Jinping to explain how they discussed “Mutual respect” and “no confrontation” between the US and China. (C) The author is informing the public of this current event in order to keep the world up to date on foreign affairs. (D) The intended audience is anyone in the world with internet access, however the conversation between Rex and Xi most directly effects China, the US, and the allies of the two mentioned powers.