Media Report
- Forbes reports: "While the partisan turmoil in Washington absorbs the world's attention, the relationship between China and the U.S. iterates rapidly towards outright hostility...This particular transition...has seen escalation across the board partly as a result of the campaign polemics of President Trump, but no doubt some of this tension was coming anyway...What has been clear from the outset of the Trump administration has been a desire to get on the front foot with China after years of Obama drift. Nevertheless the U.S. decision to simply fly THAAD equipment to South Korea months ahead of schedule has short-circuited months of growing tension. And there can be little doubt that this is a major escalation–way beyond rhetoric–which has infuriated China...The key Chinese approach so far, though, has been to present the U.S. as the aggressor, offering China's assistance as an honest broker between the two parties (North Korea and the U.S.) and strongly suggesting the withdrawal of the THAAD system, which (coincidentally of course) infringes what China regards as its own interests. There are three ways to interpret what is going on: 1. That China is broadly right...2. That China is being disingenuous...3. That China is being deceptive"
- The Washington Post reports: "The United States rebuffed a proposal from China to 'apply the brakes' to an escalating standoff with North Korea, saying 'positive action' was required before either country would engage with 'irresponsible' leader Kim Jong Un. China was trying to mediate the escalating tensions in East Asia, which pit its once-close ally North Korea against the United States and its evolving foreign policy under newly elected President Trump. 'They've given us enough reason to think how irresponsible they are . . . [to] think that we're dealing with a rational person on this,' the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, told reporters Wednesday after an emergency Security Council meeting on North Korea. 'We have to see some sort of positive action by North Korea before we can take them seriously.' There has been no official Chinese reaction to the rebuff of its initiative. China's foreign minister, Wang Yi, urged North Korea on Wednesday to suspend missile tests in return for a suspension of U.S.-South Korea military exercises."
- Reuters reports: "More than 20,000 people from Myanmar have flooded into border camps in neighboring China, seeking refuge from bitter fighting between ethnic groups and security forces in the country's north, China said on Thursday. Thousands of people have crossed China's border in recent months to escape the conflict, which threatens Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's top goal of reaching peace with minorities. This week, about 30 people were killed in an attack by ethnic Chinese insurgents in Laukkai, a town 800 km (500 miles) northeast of Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon. China is providing humanitarian assistance while taking steps to ensure peace and tranquility in the border region, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said. He reiterated a call for all sides involved to 'exercise restraint and immediately cease fire' to keep clashes from escalating. 'China supports Myanmar's peace process and hopes all sides can use peaceful means to resolve their differences via dialogue and consultation,' Geng told a regular news briefing."
Calendar
- 2017-03-08 China wants to avert ‘head-on collision’ in the Koreas, but will Trump sign on?
- 2017-03-07 China warns of ‘consequences’ over deployment of U.S. antimissile system
- 2017-03-06 North Korea tests four more missiles — and China’s patience
- 2017-03-05 China overtakes eurozone as world's biggest bank system
- 2017-03-03 China Is Running Out Of Cheap Rural Labor And It's Because Of Failed Reforms
- 2017-03-02 How Trump could find common ground with China, thanks to the Islamic State
- 2017-03-01 Economic Coercion, with a Chinese Twist
- 2017-02-28 'The president always gets something': Spicer suggests Trump gained concession from China
- 2017-02-27 1st senior Chinese official visits Washington in Trump era
- 2017-02-26 For More Chinese Firms, It Pays to Make It in the USA
News
- Reuters China says more than 20,000 from Myanmar seek refuge across border
- The Washington Post China tried to get the U.S. to negotiate with North Korea — the U.S. declined
- The Miami Herald China looks ahead to fall party congress, leadership changes
- Reuters China expresses concern at revelations in Wikileaks dump of hacked CIA data
- The Financial Times It will be easy but short-sighted for Trump to punish China
- The Washington Post The Trump Organization's trademark for escort services in China isn't what you might think
- Bloomberg China Factory Prices Extend Surge in February, Lifting Reflation Outlook
- The Wall Street Journal China's Consumer Inflation Hits a Low Point
- NPR U.S. Fast-Tracks Missile Defense System To South Korea, Drawing China's Ire Listen· 4:18
- The New York Times Lotte Stores Feel Chinese Wrath as South Korea Deploys U.S. Missile System
- The Wall Street Journal Chinese Internet Companies Lose Their Wiggle Room
- The Associated Press China Developing Advanced Spaceship That Can Land on the Moon
- The Financial Times China backs away from using central government to close coal mines
Commentary
- Forbes How To Decode China's Reaction To U.S. THAAD Missile Deployment In South Korea
- The Diplomat How Did China Lose South Korea?
- The Wall Street Journal: China Real Time Report China Tries Red-Carpet Treatment for a 'Ministers' Corridor'
- Barron's What's Driving The Divergence In China's Inflation Numbers?
- The Hill Saudis' upcoming trip to China sends strong signal to US
- Foreign Policy Why Is China So … Uncool?
- Quartz No country comes even close to China in self-made female billionaires