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September 09 , 2016
  • TIME：North Korea's Nuclear Defiance Leaves China With Few Options
    TIME reports: "After North Korea succeeded with its fifth—and likely largest ever—nuclear test on Friday morning, the reclusive state's lone ally issued its usual barrage of condemnation. China 'resolutely opposes' North Korea's flouting of a U.N. ban on such nuclear tests, went a Chinese Foreign Ministry statement. China's official newswire said the test, which took place on North Korea's National Day, 'shocked the world.' The Xinhua News Agency continued: 'All parties including North Korea should recognize that tumult on the peninsula, war and instability in Northeast Asia will benefit nobody.'...That's true enough. But there's only one power that serves as North Korea's economic lifeline—and a finger-wag from Chinese state media is hardly enough to check the ambitions of Kim Jong un...But what can China do to moderate its rogue neighbor? Sealing the border would mean financial ruin for North Korea. Although China supported international sanctions after Pyongyang's fourth nuclear test eight months ago, Beijing surely wants to avoid starving North Korean refugees flooding northward. Even worse, should the North Korean regime fall altogether, the South—with its American defense treaty and tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers on its soil—could lap right up to Chinese territory. China is left with limited options."
  • The New York Times: Sinosphere：New Push for Taiwan's Representation at the United Nations
    The New York Times: Sinosphere reports: "The 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly opens on Tuesday, and 45 members of the Taiwan United Nations Alliance are heading to New York and other cities in the United States, including Washington, Boston and Philadelphia, to make the case for Taiwan's representation in the world body....This is the 13th time that the alliance, a civic organization founded in 2003, has run a campaign for Taiwan's return to the United Nations, but the first time since President Tsai Ing-wen, whose Democratic Progressive Party has traditionally favored Taiwan's formal independence from China, took office. The new foreign minister, David Lee, said last month that his government would not pursue United Nations membership, while continuing to press for "meaningful participation" in United Nations-affiliated agencies. Still, the alliance's president, Michael Tsai, said that, after eight years of Ma Ying-jeou, the former president and a Kuomintang member, who pursued more conciliatory relations with China, the time is right for a new push for Taiwan's full participation in global affairs."
  • The Wall Street Journal：In Korean Conflict, China Pivots Back to North

    The Wall Street Journal reports: "North Korea's nuclear test on Friday underscores the dramatically changed diplomatic landscape of North Asia, an ominous reality in what has arguably become the most dangerous corner of the planet. The degree of warmth between Ms. Park and Mr. Xi was unexpected, given that South Korea is a staunch American ally and China is North Korea's socialist bedfellow. But they had a mutual interest in cozying up. Mr. Xi sought to drive a wedge between Seoul and Washington. He also wanted to further poison Ms. Park on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who early in his tenure had enraged the two countries by visiting the Yasukuni war shrine, where Japanese war criminals are honored. For her part, Ms. Park invested heavily in the relationship in hopes that it would encourage Beijing to do more to restrain Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. She's still waiting for the payoff. Judging by North Korea's latest nuclear test, its fifth, it may never come."

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