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February 23 , 2017
  • The Associated Press：As China Ups Heat on NKorea, US Faces Questions
    The Associated Press comments: "China's surprising suspension of North Korean coal imports puts pressure not only on Pyongyang, but also on President Donald Trump. The question for him: Should the U.S. respond with new North Korea negotiations?..China rarely makes concessions for free, and will want Trump to respond in kind. 'If China is squeezing North Korea, it is for one purpose and one purpose only: to offer a cooperative gesture to the incoming Trump administration in return for an initiative on negotiations,' said Stephan Haggard, a North Korea expert at the University of California, San Diego...Beijing indicated such a strategy was in play. Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the country wants parallel negotiations on nuclear matters and a formal peace treaty to replace the armistice ending the 1950-53 Korean War — a longstanding North Korean request. Washington has said the North's nuclear weapons program must be settled first...Trump will need to come up with a strategy soon."
  • The Wall Street Journal：North Korea Mocks China for 'Dancing to U.S. Tune'
    The Wall Street Journal reports: "North Korea appeared to lash out at Beijing in a state-media commentary published Thursday, aiming unusually pointed rhetoric at a powerful neighbor that Pyongyang has long relied on for economic and diplomatic support. The commentary, published by the state-controlled Korean Central News Agency, didn't name China but left little doubt about its target: 'a neighboring country, which often claims itself to be a 'friendly neighbor'.' The article lambasted China for playing down North Korea's nuclear capabilities and for curbing foreign trade—an apparent reference to China's weekend announcement that it would suspend coal imports from North Korea for the rest of the year...'I would take this editorial as hard evidence that China has told North Korea it is narrowing the definition of coal exports for 'humanitarian purposes,'' Mr. Cathcart [a scholar who focuses on China-North Korea relations at the University of Leeds in the U.K.] said, adding that it was rare for North Korea to criticize China so directly. Mr. Cathcart called the KCNA editorial 'a frontal assault,' a shift from the oblique critiques of China that North Korea usually turns to when it expresses its displeasure. In Thursday's piece, North Korea even adopted a mocking tone, saying that the country is 'styling itself a big power, is dancing to the tune of the U.S.' "
  • Reuters：China promises not to build in disputed shoal: Philippines
    Reuters reports: "Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised his Philippine counterpart that China would not build structures on a rocky outcrop both countries claim in the South China Sea, a Philippine government minister said on Thursday. Philippine Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay said Xi's pledge was made during a meeting with Duterte in Beijing in October, after the Philippines raised the issue of the disputed shoal in response to U.S. intelligence reports suggesting China was sending dredging ships to the area. 'President Xi has promised President Duterte they will not reclaim and build structures on Scarborough Shoal,' Yasay told reporters.The shoal is northeast of the Spratly islands. China seized it in 2012 and denied Philippine fishermen access. Yasay was responding to a query about a Reuters report that China was close to completing structures on its manmade islets in the Spratlys that appear designed to house long-range surface-to-air missiles...Yasay said it would be a 'game changer' if China broke its promise not to build on the shoal, adding he was confident it would not. The Philippines would file another protest if it could confirm China was completing missile sites on its manmade islands, he added. China found Yasay's remarks 'baffling and regrettable', and they 'do not accord' with the development of China-Philippines relations or the overall stable situation in the South China Sea, a foreign ministry spokesman said."
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