 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Johnson akanga ari Frank B. Kelloggs, Coolidges Secretary of State, chipangamazano mukuru pamutemo weChina. Zvikurudziro zvaJohnson zvaitungamirirwa nokunzwisisa kwomuzvarirwo kwokuti chikonzero chenguva yeumambo hwenyika yose chakanga chapera. Somuuyo, iye akatsigira kuti United States nemasimba enyika zvifambire kunodzorera uchangamire hweChina nokukurumidza sezvinobvira. Johnson akanzwisisa kuti chinjo pamwe chete namasimba masimba nokusagadzikana zvichida zvaizodikanwa mukuunza budiriro yeChina. Kellogg naJohnson vaitarisira kuti utungamiriri hweU.S. mukudzorerwa kwesimba reChina hwaizoguma nokuchengetwa kwoushamwari hweChina. Johnson akaramba achishora kupindira muhondo yevagari vemo muChina. Akaramba kubatana nemaBritish paCanton neHankow mukuranga maChina airova uye vamwe varudzi. Akapikisa chiito chakasimba kana chokupomera China panguva yeNanking Incidentra1927. Iye akatsigira kuyananisa mukupindura chinyorwa cheChina chaJune 1925 chinokumbira kudzokororwa kwechibvumirano. Akakarakadza kuenda kure sezvinobvira, unilaterally kana zvichidikanwa, mukunyora chibvumirano chitsva chemutero, uye akatsigira kurega zvishoma nezvishoma kwekunze. Chibvumirano chitsva pakati peUnited States neChina chakasainwa muna July 1928 icho chakapa China kuzvimiririra kwemitero uye icho chaibatanidza zvivimbiso zvomumwe nomumwe zvokurapwa kworudzi rwakanyanya. Chibvumirano chacho chakaratidzira chiitiko chinokosha icho chakaratidzira nhamburiko dzaKellogg naJohnson dzokuva shamwari yeChina nomurwiri wouchangamire hwayo. 