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April 27 , 2017
  • Reuters：China welcomes U.S. saying it's open to talks on North Korea
    Reuters reports: "China on Thursday welcomed an apparently softer tone by the United States on the North Korean nuclear and missile crisis but stressed its opposition to a U.S. missile defense system being deployed in South Korea...The Trump administration said on Wednesday it aimed to push North Korea into dismantling its nuclear and missile programs, which are in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions, through tougher international sanctions and diplomatic pressure. 'The United States seeks stability and the peaceful denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. We remain open to negotiations toward that goal. However, we remain prepared to defend ourselves and our allies,' it said in a statement. Asked about the U.S. comments, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said China had noted that many U.S. officials had recently made such remarks. 'We have noted these expressions, and have noted the message conveyed in these expressions hoping to resolve the Korean nuclear issue peacefully through dialogue and consultation,' he said. 'We believe this message is positive and should be affirmed.'...A North Korean official speaking on CNN said the country would not be influenced by outside events. 'As long as America continues its hostile acts of aggression, we will never stop nuclear and missile tests,' said Sok Chol Won, director of the North's Institute of Human Rights at the Academy of Social Sciences."
  • The Diplomat：What's Behind Sino-Russian Cooperation on North Korea?
    The Diplomat comments: "On April 15, 2017, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made an emergency phone call to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss the burgeoning security crisis on the Korean peninsula...Even though Russia and China are North Korea's most important international allies, collaboration between Moscow and Beijing on the Korean security crisis has historically been confined to a multilateral rather than a bilateral framework. The recent upsurge in bilateral cooperation between Moscow and Beijing on North Korea can be explained by two factors. First, both Russia and China stridently oppose a unilateral U.S. military strike against North Korea's nuclear facilities. Second, Russian and Chinese officials believe that Moscow-Pyongyang and Beijing-Pyongyang bilateral diplomacy can pressure Kim Jong-Un to transition towards a more peaceful foreign policy course...As diplomatic solutions to the Korean security crisis have been largely unsuccessful and U.S. foreign policy has become increasingly defined by brusque unilateralism, it remains unclear whether the burgeoning Moscow-Beijing axis is able to deter a U.S. military strike against Pyongyang in the months to come."
  • The New York Times：He Tweeted About Chinese Government Corruption. Twitter Suspended His Account.
    The New York Times reports: "Twitter on Wednesday briefly suspended the account of a Chinese-born billionaire who was using the social media service to publicize allegations of corruption against top Communist Party officials. The billionaire, Guo Wengui, also known as Miles Kwok, had in recent days added tens of thousands of followers to his account, @KwokMiles, where he posted screenshots of documents that he said suggested corruption at the highest levels of the Chinese government. China, where Twitter has a minimal presence and is blocked by the authorities, considers Mr. Guo to be a criminal. A Chinese official said last week that Interpol, the global police organization, had issued a global request for his arrest...Rebecca MacKinnon, who studies internet companies' policies and practices affecting users' freedom of expression and privacy at New America in Washington, said that many governments work with contractors or nonprofit groups to monitor social media accounts of people they are concerned about. 'Some authoritarian governments engage in a variant of this practice, monitoring accounts of critics and opponents for apparent violations of the companies' own terms of service, then flag them through the companies' abuse-reporting channels,' Ms. MacKinnon said in an email."
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