Media Report
- ABC News reports: "Taiwan's president, defying a rare dose of criticism from key ally the United States, visited an island in the disputed South China Sea on Thursday and called for peaceful development in the increasingly tense region....After arriving, Ma spoke at a national monument on the islet and reiterated his call made last year for peaceful coexistence and joint development. He cited infrastructure developments on the islet, including a 10-bed hospital and a lighthouse, saying they reinforced Taiwan's claim of sovereignty and granted it rights over the surrounding waters....There was no immediate response to Ma's visit from China, although a spokesman for the Cabinet's Taiwan Affairs Office on Wednesday repeated Beijing's claim to 'indisputable sovereignty' over the South China Sea islands....The U.S. takes no position on who owns the islands, but says developments in the South China Sea are a matter of national security."
The New York Times reports: "Secretary of State John Kerry warned China on Wednesday that North Korea was moving ahead with an effort to manufacture a nuclear weapon small enough to fit atop a long-range missile that could reach American shores, and said the United States 'will do what is necessary to protect the people of our country.'...A draft of new sanctions was sent to China about 10 days ago, but by the time Mr. Kerry arrived in Beijing, China had not responded in substance, American officials said. Negotiations on their content will proceed in the coming days, Mr. Wang said. But these new sanctions 'must not provoke new tensions,' he added....Hours after Mr. Kerry and Mr. Wang met, South Korea warned that North Korea might be preparing to launch a long-range rocket."
- Financial Times reports: "Until recently, calls for clarity were met only by resounding silence, even as turmoil on China's equity and currency markets reverberated around the world at the start of this month....Mr Fang is a Stanford-educated former World Bank official. Speaking on a panel with the likes of Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, he admitted that Chinese leaders needed to communicate better with global markets....Mr Li, meanwhile, attributed the renminbi's recent volatility to market forces, which he said were reacting in part to the US Federal Reserve's December interest rate rise. He also repeated the Chinese leadership's longstanding assertion that it has 'no intention to devalue its currency'."
Calendar
- 2016-01-27 China backs U.N. move to denounce North Korea over nuclear test
- 2016-01-26 China Stocks Plunge to 13-Month Low Amid Capital Outflow Concern
- 2016-01-25 John Kerry in Asia to Press China on North Korea Nuclear Test, South China Sea
- 2016-01-24 Kerry to Press China Over North Korea, Urge ASEAN Unity Over South China Sea
- 2016-01-22 Falling Pollution from China Could Hasten Peak Carbon
- 2016-01-21 Survey of U.S. companies in China finds that not all's well
- 2016-01-20 Capital Flight from China Worse Than Thought
- 2016-01-19 Xi Asserts China's Middle East Role as Iran Sanctions Lifted
- 2016-01-18 China GDP Growth Slowest Since 1990
- 2016-01-17 China's economic turmoil sends ripples of anxiety across G20
News
- The New York Times John Kerry Urges China to Curb North Korea's Nuclear Pursuits
- ABC News Taiwan President Visits Island in Disputed South China Sea
- Financial Times China's economic leaders struggle to explain thinking to world
- The Wall Street Journal China Central Bank Makes Largest Cash Injection in Three Years
- Forbes How China-Europe "Silk Road" Trains Are Sparking A Renaissance For Trans-Continental Rail Transport
- CNN Kerry presses China over North Korea, South China Sea
- Bloomberg Business Alibaba's China Addiction Isn't Such an Asset Anymore
- The New York Times Couple's Lawsuit Is First Test for Same-Sex Marriage in China
- The Wall Street Journal China Sharpens Efforts to Halt Money Outflow
- The Economist More than mobility
- Financial Times China steps up 'fox hunt' campaign
- The Wall Street Journal China's PBOC to Temporarily Increase Frequency of Open-Market Operations
- The Washington Post Sovereignty, legacy factors in Taiwan leader's island visit
- Bloomberg Business China Citic Bank Uncovers $147 Million Bill 'Risk Incident'
Commentary
- The Wall Street Journal: China Real Time The Big Winner in China's Philanthropy Game: Schools
- Bloomberg View Capital Controls Aren't the Answer for China
- Financial Times Most young Taiwanese have positive view of China
- The New York Times So What Would It Mean to 'Beat China' on Trade?
- Foreign Policy: Tea Leaf Nation 'Thank You for Educating the Scumbags China Can't Handle'
- The New York Times: Sinosphere Scalping Tickets to the Doctor? Woman in Beijing Has Had Enough
- Indiewire Vicky Zhao to Direct Animated Feature Adaptation of Iconic TV Series 'My Fair Princess'