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July 31 , 2017
  • Politico：Trump plan on China may come as soon as this week
    Politico reports: "President Donald Trump's top advisers are huddling behind the scenes in a bid to craft a set of economic measures meant to punish China, two administration officials told POLITICO. Trump's aides met over the weekend and will continue the discussions on Monday, with a final decision expected as soon as this week, the officials said.  They said there are a range of options on the table, including trade restrictions. Other possibilities include economic sanctions. But the officials said it's too early to say what the president might decide. The escalating situation in North Korea, including Friday'slatest intercontinental ballistic missile test, has heightened the urgency of crafting a cogent China strategy. The president believes China is not doing enough to stop North Korea from building a nuclear weapon that could strike U.S. soil — and he has long complained, both in public and in private, that the Chinese are engaging in unfair trade practices... Trump's frustrations about the ballistic missile test, and a sense that Chinese officials aren't committed to helping on North Korea, are making it more likely for him to act, one White House adviser said."
  • Reuters：China hits back at Trump criticism over North Korea
    Reuters reports: "China hit back on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted he was 'very disappointed' in China following Pyongyang's latest missile test, saying the problem did not arise in China and that all sides need to work for a solution. China has become increasingly frustrated with American and Japanese criticism that it should do more to rein in Pyongyang. China is North Korea's closest ally, but Beijing is angry with its continued nuclear and missile tests. North Korea said on Saturday it had conducted another successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile that proved its ability to strike the U.S. mainland, drawing a sharp warning from Trump and a rebuke from China. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke with Trump on Monday and agreed on the need for more action on North Korea just hours after the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations said Washington is 'done talking about North Korea'... China's Foreign Ministry, in a statement sent to Reuters responding to Trump's tweets, said the North Korean nuclear issue did not arise because of China and that everyone needed to work together to seek a resolution."
  • WP Article：WP Article
    The Washington Post comments: "Quietly but persistently, the Trump administration has been pressing the Chinese government to allow Liu Xia, widow of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, to leave China, where she is being held against her will. Senior U.S. officials regard China's ongoing mistreatment of Liu and her family as human rights abuses that simply can't be ignored. The regime of Xi Jinping, meanwhile, is obsessed with the possibility that Congress will pass legislation renaming the street in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington "Liu Xiaobo Plaza." Chinese officials have demanded in recent senior-level interactions that the Trump administration bury the bill, to no avail. The issue now threatens to become a major irritant in the U.S.-Chinese relationship. Neither side wants it to escalate to that level, but unless the Chinese government responds to U.S. and international calls to free Liu, there's little to stop Congress from moving forward. The White House stepped up its advocacy on behalf of Liu Xiaobo earlier this year, as the poet and human rights activist died slowly from liver cancer while in Chinese government custody. Top White House officials raised his case with Chinese counterparts during President Trump's trip to Hamburg this month, a senior administration official said. Liu had been imprisoned since 2009."
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