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May 18 , 2017
  • The Associated Press：Chinese, S. Korean officials meet in attempt to repair ties
    The Associated Press reports: "Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Thursday with a special envoy sent by new South Korean President Moon Jae-in as the two countries attempted to mend a rift in ties over the deployment of a high-tech American missile defense system in South Korea to guard against North Korean threats. Wang and former South Korean Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan were expected to discuss ways of containing North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons activities as well as the economic fallout over the deployment in South Korea of the U.S. missile defense system called THAAD...China's top diplomat on Thursday reiterated calls for its dismantling. 'We're now at a crossroads in our relations,' Wang told Lee as he urged the new South Korean administration to make a decision to 'remove the obstacles' that stand in the way of healthy ties between the two Asian economic powerhouses...Beijing has maintained its hard line, and in an editorial Thursday, the Communist Party newspaper Global Times said China's opposition 'cannot be traded for the new government's friendly posture toward China.' 'Stopping the deployment of THAAD is the bottom line of China,' the newspaper said. 'Seoul needs to make a choice between deploying THAAD and resuming Sino-South Korean relations. It should not hope to have it both ways.' "
  • Foreign Affairs：Adrift in the South China Sea
    Foreign Affairs comments: "On May 10, seven Republican and Democratic senators sent a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump urging his administration to resume the United States' freedom of navigation operations, or FONOPs, in the South China Sea...The Trump administration has not yet carried out any FONOPs in the South China Sea, giving up one of the essential tools the United States can use to protest China's expansive territorial claims there. By failing to send U.S. ships and planes past Chinese outposts in the waterway, Washington has neglected to remind Beijing that it does not regard China's position there as legal or legitimate. It is possible that U.S. officials have scaled back their focus on the South China Sea as part of a broader gambit to gain China's favor, perhaps hoping to secure Beijing's cooperation on North Korea and concessions on trade. Such a transaction, however, would undermine the United States' position in Asia. And even if that is not the Trump administration's reasoning, pausing the FONOPs will still have serious costs...China is indeed capable of pressuring North Korea, since Beijing supports much of that country's economy. But China has long prioritized the stability of the Korean Peninsula over its denuclearization, and those preferences will not change. More likely is that Beijing will pressure North Korea just enough to demonstrate that it is pitching in, avoiding the kinds of dramatic steps that would push Pyongyang toward denuclearization at the risk of the regime's collapse. China will not ignore its interests in the Korean Peninsula simply because Washington gives up its own interests in the South China Sea."
  • The New York Times: Opinion Pages：China's Trillion-Dollar Foreign Policy
    The New York Times comments: "To hear the world leaders who gathered in Beijing last weekend boast about China's ambitious plans to spend more than $1 trillion on roads, ports, energy and other major projects in 60 countries, linking Asia, Europe and Africa, is to be reminded how America's vision and influence have shrunk under President Trump. While Mr. Trump pushes an America First agenda of isolationism and protectionism and embroils himself in controversies that raise doubts about his competence, President Xi Jinping of China exudes purpose and confidence as he tries to remake the global economic and political order and lure nations into Beijing's orbit...China's leader has advantages in promoting his agenda. He's in control. (It's worth remembering that he is hardly a democrat.) His government has lots of money to invest. His propaganda machine is disciplined and relentless. And Mr. Xi himself is a Barnum-like salesman. 'Development holds the master key to solving all problems,' he said at the forum, as if One Belt, One Road were the ultimate cure-all....Mr. Trump has already ceded ground to Beijing by withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership that President Barack Obama negotiated to ensure that the United States and its allies set the rules for Asian trade. This has led many Asian countries to question America's commitment to the region and to look more seriously to China...Whatever obstacles lie ahead for One Belt, One Road, it is no exaggeration to say that if the United States and its Western allies turn inward, Mr. Xi could prevail by default."
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