The Guardian reports: "Obama-era environmental regulations, with a state-run tabloid saying that: 'No matter how hard Beijing tries, it won't be able to take on all the responsibilities that Washington refuses to take.' In an editorial highly critical of Trump's retreat on environmental regulation, the Global Times made it clear Beijing was uncomfortable taking over leadership of the fight against climate change and could not fill the vacuum left by the US. 'Western opinion should continue to pressure the Trump administration on climate change. Washington's political selfishness must be discouraged,' the editorial said. 'China will remain the world's biggest developing country for a long time. How can it be expected to sacrifice its own development space for those developed western powerhouses?'...The Global Times editorial said: 'Washington is supposed to take the lead in the global fight against climate change but the Trump administration could be the first to ditch the agreement, which is disappointing.' Trump has previously repeatedly called climate change a 'hoax'and without proof has blamed China for rising temperatures. 'The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make US manufacturing non-competitive,' he said in a 2012 tweet."
- USA Today reports: "A career State Department official, posted to sensitive locations across the globe, has been charged with concealing her contacts with two Chinese intelligence agents who showered her and family members with gifts and travel worth tens of thousands of dollars. Candace Marie Claiborne, 60, was named Wednesday in federal court documents that outlined the alleged relationship with the two agents of the People's Republic of China who during the course of five years provided cash, meals, tuition payments, the use of a furnished apartment, phone and laptop computer...'Claiborne used her position and her access to sensitive diplomatic data for personal profit,' said acting Assistant Attorney General Mary McCord, the Justice Department's national security division chief. According to court documents, Claiborne once noted in a journal that she could 'generate 20K in one year' for working with one of the Chinese agents. That agent, prosecutors alleged, directed Claiborne in 2011 to provide an internal analyses on a U.S.-China economic dialogue shortly after wiring $2,480 to Claiborne's personal bank account."
- The Atlantic comments: "Next week, Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to the United States to meet Donald Trump for the first time. But according to Gideon Rachman, the chief foreign affairs commentator for the Financial Times, power is flowing in the opposite direction. His contribution is to help explain some of the most confounding developments of the day—from the Middle East's descent into anarchy to the ascent of populist politicians in the West to the emergence of nostalgia as a political force—through his theory of the 'Easternization' of international affairs...I spoke with Rachman about how he understands Trumpism, how the Trump administration might accelerate Easternization, and what a world dominated by China might actually look like."
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- 2017-03-20 In China debut, Tillerson appears to hand Beijing a diplomatic victory
- 2017-03-19 Rex Tillerson, Xi Jinping Meet In China As Secretary Of State Wraps Asia Tour
- USA Today State Department official charged with hiding contacts with Chinese agents
- The Guardian Climate change: China calls US 'selfish' after Trump seeks to bring back coal
- NPR Trump Will Host China's President In Florida On April 6
- Minneapolis Star Tribune Scholars urge China to let academic return to Australia
- Bloomberg China's Carriers Set for Biggest Profit Since 2010 on Expansion
- Reuters China says 'no such thing' as man-made islands in South China Sea
- The Wall Street Journal Stocks Steady as Investors Shrug Off China Jitters
- Bloomberg U.S. Set to Review China's Market-Economy Status Bid, WSJ Says
- The Financial Times China Energy to buy 20% stake in Cowen Group
- The New York Times No Deal Between Kushners and Chinese Company Over Fifth Avenue Skyscraper
- Reuters China says weapons won't stop unification with Taiwan
- The Financial Times The South China Sea presents a reality check for America
- The New York Times In China, 'Disney' Deals Turn Out to Be Fantasy
- The Atlantic What a World Led by China Might Look Like
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- Barron's JD.com, Bank of China: Why It's Time To Buy
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- Foreign Policy Did Tillerson's Beijing Visit Box Him in, or Start a Reboot?
- Forbes With New Executive Order, Trump Closer To Understanding China's Coal Dilemma