Media Report
- Los Angeles Times comments: "Even when President Trump has a good idea, he doesn't stick with it long enough. Like pushing China on North Korea. Of North Korea, said candidate Trump: "We should put pressure on China to solve the problem." As president, he initially placed the issue front and center in the U.S.-China relationship. But a couple months later, Trump appears to have lost hope in Beijing. "While I greatly appreciate the efforts of President Xi & China to help with North Korea, it has not worked out. At least I know China tried," he tweeted recently. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman responded that his nation had "played an important and constructive role" in promoting peace on the Korean peninsula. Exactly how the People's Republic of China helped is not clear, however. It cut back on coal purchases, but other commerce with North Korea continues. The Trump administration asked the Xi government to act against ten firms and individuals who trade with the North, but is still waiting for action. An undefined diplomatic duty won't prompt China to act. The Trump administration must therefore convince Xi's government that punishing North Korea benefits China. Which means Washington must take into account Beijing's interests."
- The Washington Post reports: "Their meeting is likely to be all smiles and polite handshakes, as world leaders look on. But as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping left for Friday's Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, tensions between the rising Asian powers had escalated over a patch of disputed territory claimed by both China and the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. Border scuffles between India and China have simmered in the past, but analysts from both sides said the latest spat has the potential to spiral into conflict between the two nuclear-armed nations... The standoff began at the end of June, while Modi was meeting President Trump, prompting some Indian analysts to wonder whether the timing had anything to do with China's disdain for India's increasingly close ties to the United States."
- Reuters reports: "Two U.S bombers have flown over the disputed South China Sea, the U.S. Air Force said on Friday, asserting the right to treat the region as international territory despite China's claim to virtually all of the waterway. The flight by the B-1B Lancer bombers from Guam on Thursday came as U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping prepare for a meeting on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Germany. The two leaders were expected to discuss what China can do to rein in North Korea's missile and nuclear weapon programs. North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile on Tuesday that some experts believe has the range to reach Alaska and Hawaii and perhaps the U.S. Pacific Northwest."
Calendar
- 2017-07-06 China could export a recession to everyone else, says ex-IMF chief economist Kenneth Rogoff
- 2017-07-05 After North Korea missile, Trump tweets: 'So much for China working with us'
- 2017-07-04 US confirms ICBM was tested by North Korea as Russia and China play peacekeepers
- 2017-07-03 China's Bond Market Is Attractive for the Wary
- 2017-07-02 South China Sea: US warship sails close to disputed island
- 2017-06-30 U.S. Imposes New Sanctions Over North Korea Ties
- 2017-06-30 U.S. Imposes New Sanctions Over North Korea Ties
- 2017-06-29 China Tells U.S. Senate to Keep Its Nose Out of Taiwan
- 2017-06-28 Soybean Diplomacy: New U.S. Ambassador to China Touts Agricultural Trade
- 2017-06-27 China And The U.S. Are Cooling Their Cooperation To Curb North Korea
News
- The Washington Post China pushes hard in border dispute with India
- Reuters U.S. bombers challenge China in South China Sea flyover
- CNBC China is focusing on the wrong things to fix its economy, says economist
- CBS News What's at stake for U.S. relationship with China ahead of G-20
- CNBC China-USA relations may have reached a turning point -- and not for the better
- Bloomberg China Blasts G-20 Over Trade as Trump and Putin Shake Hands
- CGTN America US, China at odds over path forward in Korean nuclear crisis
- Science Alert China Just Built a 250-Acre Solar Farm Shaped Like a Giant Panda
- New York Times Egyptian Police Detain Uighurs and Deport Them to China
- Quartz Chinese "wealth clusters" show how good it is when the Chinese government stays out of things
- ABC News Bellamy's suffers blow as China suspends export license of new canning facility
- New York Times Chinese Internet Tycoon Resigns From Troubled Company
- CNN Hanging coffins: China's mysterious sky graveyards
- CNBC Bitcoin can be an asset but not a currency, says China central bank adviser
Commentary
- LA Times If Trump wants China to 'solve the North Korea problem,' he has to cater to Beijing's interests
- Vox Trump has 3 options for dealing with North Korea. They're all bad.
- National Interest China's Submarine Dream (And Nightmare for the U.S. Navy): 'Hunt for Red October' Subs
- Business Insider China and Russia are totally playing Trump together
- Council on Foreign Relations Strong Evidence That China's Tourism Deficit Is Overstated
- Foreign Policy China Opens Its Bond Market To International Investors
- The Washington Post The dark side of Trump's much-hyped China trade deal: It could literally make you sick