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February 28 , 2017
  • The Guardian：'The president always gets something': Spicer suggests Trump gained concession from China
    The Guardian reports: "The White House has rebuffed claims that Donald Trump was left empty-handed by his decision not to challenge Chinese president Xi Jinping over China's claims to Taiwan. Before taking power Trump, who has called China a US "enemy", had hinted he might shred decades of policy towards the democratically-ruled island, which Beijing regards as a breakaway province, unless China's leaders offered trade concessions...On Monday White House press secretary Sean Spicer declined to detail what, if any, concessions Trump might have secured from the Chinese in exchange for his compliance over Taiwan. 'The president is not one to discuss his negotiating tactics,' Spicer said, according to Politico. However, asked if 'he got something', Spicer replied: 'The president always gets something'. Spicer's comments came as China's top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, met with Trump and his team in Washington amid speculation the two leaders could hold their first face-to-face meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg in early July."
  • Reuters：China reacts with anger, threats after South Korean missile defense decision
    Reuters reports: "Chinese state media have reacted with anger and boycott threats after the board of an affiliate of South Korea's Lotte Group approved a land swap with the government that allows authorities to deploy a U.S. missile defense system...Lotte should be shown the door in China, the influential state-run Chinese tabloid the Global Times said in an editorial on Tuesday. 'We also propose that Chinese society should coordinate voluntarily in expanding restrictions on South Korean cultural goods and entertainment exports to China, and block them when necessary,' it said in its English-language edition. The paper's Chinese version said South Korean cars and cellphones should be targeted as well. 'There are loads of substitutes for South Korean cars and cellphones,' it said.China has already twice issued 'solemn representations' to South Korea about the most recent THAAD-related developments, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a daily briefing in Beijing...Late on Monday, the ruling Communist Party's official People's Daily said cutting diplomatic ties should be considered. 'If THAAD is really deployed in South Korea, then China-South Korea relations will face the possibility of getting ready to cut off diplomatic relations,' it said on the WeChat account of its overseas edition. The official Xinhua news agency also said in a commentary late on Monday that China 'did not welcome this kind of Lotte'. 'Chinese consumers can absolutely say no to this kind of company and their goods based on considerations of 'national security',' it said."
  • The Washington Post: Opinions：What will it take for China to rein in North Korea?
    The Washington Post comments: "Kim Jong Un is communicating with the outside world, or at least the two parts of it that matter to him most at present — Washington and Beijing...Eager not to be ignored, North Korea, by missiles and possible assassination, has forced itself more decidedly upon the president's agenda. Simultaneously the two extreme acts have forced Beijing's hand also. Frustrated by its inability to rein in Pyongyang and reduce nuclear tensions, to restart the long-stalled Six Party Talks or persuade the regime to reform its economy (along lines similar to those China has taken since the Deng-era), Beijing is now anticipating Washington formally passing the buck once again...Beijing's current thinking may be that responding to North Korea's recent bouts of belligerency with a coal ban punishes Pyongyang more directly (i.e., right in the wallet) than the Chinese have previously been willing to do while also letting Washington know it is not afraid to get a lot tougher with an old, but frustrating, ally. Though it's worth considering that Beijing, with its horrendous pollution problems, is itself looking to diversify away from coal-fired power, so maybe there is no great sacrifice on the Chinese part here...Trump, like President Obama before him, may be right that the way to contain North Korea is through Chinese pressure. But perhaps it is the events that Trump's ascendancy appear to have unleashed from Pyongyang that will finally force Beijing to get seriously tough with their neighbor."
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