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June 20 , 2017
  • The Washington Post：China tour agency says won't take more US tourists to NKorea
    The Washington Post reports: "The organizers of a trip to North Korea by an American college student who died after being released from prison in a coma say they will no longer take U.S. citizens to the country. Young Pioneer Tours said Tuesday on its Facebook page that the death of 22-year-old Otto Warmbier shows that the risk American tourists face in visiting North Korea 'has become too high.' Warmbier died in Ohio on Monday, days after being released by North Korea. Other well-known North Korea tour operators, including Koryo Tours, founded by British expatriates in Beijing, and Uri Tours, with offices in New Jersey and Shanghai, said this week that they were 'reviewing' their policies for American citizens ahead of a possible travel ban that has been mooted by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang called Warmbier's death a 'tragedy.' He told reporters at a daily news briefing that he hopes Pyongyang and Washington could communicate over related issues. China, North Korea's longtime communist ally and biggest source of economic and diplomatic assistance, provides the largest numbers of tourists to the country by far."
  • The Wall Street Journal：Chinese Cash Blunts Europe's Criticism of Beijing's Human-Rights Record
    The Wall Street Journal reports: "Greece's recent veto of a European Union statement condemning Chinese human-rights violations shows the return Beijing is getting on its multibillion-dollar investments in the bloc's cash-strapped periphery. China's acquisition spree in Western Europe last year raised fears about the commercial costs of losing cutting-edge technologies. Less foreseen was the degree to which Beijing's investment in poorer parts of Europe appears to have bought silence on China's human-rights record, according to analysts, diplomats and human-rights organizations. On Thursday, Greece was alone among the 28 EU members in objecting to criticism of China by the bloc, which sought to challenge Beijing's crackdown on political activists and dissidents. 'Greece's position is that unproductive and in many cases selective criticism against specific countries doesn't facilitate the promotion of human rights in these states, nor the development of their relation with the EU,' a Greek foreign ministry official said. EU officials played down the rift. 'The global human-rights agenda is best served when the EU speaks with one voice,' said a spokeswoman for EU Foreign Affairs chief Federica Mogherini. 'We will continue our work to bring all 28 together.' "
  • Forbes：After A Break, Beijing Must Fear The U.S. Again Over South China Sea Expansion
    Forbes comments: "U.S. President Donald Trump gave China a break in April on its tightening of control over Asia's most hotly disputed sea. But the leeway that has allowed China and the United States to work together on containing North Korea shows signs of expiring. The two superpowers may still tag-team over North Korea for a while, but Trump is expected to start upping pressure against Beijing so it stops assuming it can take full rein over the South China Sea...When U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis meet Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi for an initial security dialogue Wednesday in Washington, the two sides are expected at least to touch on the issue. 'The South China Sea will be an issue high on the agenda, or at least from the U.S. perspective,' says Yun Sun, senior associate with the East Asia Program under Washington-based think tank the Stimson Center. 'China is likely to see the South China Sea as less of a problem today given its improved relations with Manila, but it remains a key concern for Washington.'...The United States doesn't want China to get too much of a hold over Southeast Asia. An expansionist Beijing goes against the long-standing U.S. interest in keeping at least a geopolitical balance between the two powers (China would say the same for the United States). Washington wants the South China Sea open for free commercial navigation, too. About $5 trillion worth of trade passes through its shipping lanes every year."
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