Media Report
- The National Interest comments: "Earlier this year, Kyodo News published a tantalizing summary of a Chinese article that seemed to offer rare insights into Beijing's intentions in the South China Sea... The article comes from a special class of periodical published by the Chinese military for "internal distribution"... As such, they offer invaluable insights into the thinking of the Chinese military and party-state. This particular article was printed in a mid-2016 issue of Naval Studies (海军军事学术), one of the most important "internal distribution" periodicals on maritime affairs in China... The article is titled "Military Crises in the South China Sea: Analysis, Assessment, and Responses." It was written by three Chinese naval officers: Lt. Comm. Jin Jing, a researcher at the Naval Research Institute, and Commanders Xu Hui and Wang Ning, both political officers from the PLA Navy South Sea Fleet... What is striking is that the authors are extremely sanguine about how a crisis (between the U.S. and China) might play out. In their view, the scale and intensity of any future crisis could be kept under control, and the "possibility of a crisis leading to a military conflict or a war is not at all large." The U.S.-China relationship will continue to be characterized by a tendency to "struggle but not split" (斗而不破). The two countries maintain strong ties and common interests in important areas: economics, politics and global issues."
- CNN reports: "President Donald Trump has long said China is the lynchpin to solving North Korea's saber rattling with missile tests. But his tact with the Asian superpower has run the gamut: He has thanked the Chinese for their support, argued they aren't helping defuse the situation and then written them off as willing partners -- all in the span of a few months... At the G20, Trump urged action on North Korea as he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. "Something has to be done about it," Trump argued ominously during the brief public portion of his meeting with Xi. There will "eventually be a success" against Pyongyang, Trump said. "It may be longer than I like, more than you like, but there will be a success ... one way or the other." Trump's history with China -- particularly on North Korea -- will be brought to bear during the Xi meeting, their second sit down since Trump entered the White House in January."
- The New York Times reports: "Chinese doctors treating Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Peace laureate imprisoned for subversion, said Monday that he was in critical condition. On the same day, the Chinese government denounced as meddling calls for him to be freed from a guarded hospital ward so that he could go abroad for cancer treatment. The First Hospital of China Medical University in northeastern China, where Mr. Liu is being treated after receiving medical parole, sounded ominous in an online update on his condition. The hospital seemed to give a graver prognosis than two foreign experts — one German, one American — who said on Sunday that Mr. Liu was fit enough to travel abroad for treatment... Comments from a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Geng Shuang, on Monday seemed to offer little hope that Mr. Liu would be allowed to leave the country, as he has requested."
Calendar
- 2017-07-09 China prepares fresh round of state-orchestrated megamergers
- 2017-07-07 If Trump wants China to solve the North Korea problem, he has to cater to Beijing's interests
- 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
News
- CNN Trump urges action on North Korea in meeting with China's Xi
- New York Times Chinese Doctors Say Nobel Laureate Is in Critical Condition
- The Hill China-Russia alignment on North Korea raises eyebrows
- NPR The Uneasy Partnership Between North Korea and China
- The Washington Post China says US has apologized for Taiwan name gaffe
- Reuters China tests self-sustaining space station in Beijing
- Tech Crunch Converging consumer values in China and the U.S. are creating millennials without borders
- CNBC Most stocks in Asia gain as US jobs data beat; Wanda Hotel surges as much as 155 percent
- ABC News China's COSCO to buy Orient Overseas for $6.3 billion
- Quartz Take a tour of China's first aircraft carrier, a secondhand Soviet-era ship now in Hong Kong
- Bloomberg China's Army Turns on Charm with Weekend Shows
- CNBC Chinese June inflation year-over-year data matches expectations: CPI up 1.5%, PPI up 5.5%
- Reuters China attacks tycoon Guo for client leaks at HNA group: Xinhua
Commentary
- The National Interest Three PLAN Officers May Have Just Revealed What China Wants in the South China Sea
- The Hill North Korea 'a very ugly piece of baggage' for China
- Philly.com China investor slams SEC; Schorsch CFO convicted, Magerman cancels
- The Economist An American Agency denounces the treatment of Muslims in China
- The Diplomat Russia-China Relations Reach a New High
- The Guardian War games could inflame what they aim to prevent: conflict with China
- New York Times Heng on North Korea's Missile Tests