Symbolic bickering? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/world/asia/taiwan-arms-sales.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/world/asia/taiwan-arms-sa... https

Symbolic bickering? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/world/asia/taiwan-arms-sales.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/world/asia/taiwan-arms-sa... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_arms_sales_to_Taiwan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_arms_sales_to_Taiwa... I don't know, I guess the entire field of diplomacy and international relations can be characterized as "symbolic bickering" - as opposed to "non-symbolic bickering" - which would involve dropping bombs over the other party's territory.