Media Report
- CNBC reports: "The Trump administration appears to be granting Chinese banks dealing with North Korea a temporary reprieve from threatened U.S. sanctions to give Beijing time to show it is serious about enforcing new U.N. steps against Pyongyang, U.S. officials said. The White House has also held off on much-anticipated trade action against China after Beijing backed U.N. Security Council sanctions passed on Saturday, although it is unclear how long President Donald Trump will delay this given domestic pressures to make good on campaign promises to crack down on unfair trade practices. Washington has made clear it is reluctant, for the moment, to take steps that would antagonize China when its cooperation is needed to tighten the screws on its ally and neighbor North Korea over its nuclear and missile programs. U.S. officials and U.N. diplomats say the threat of unilateral U.S. 'secondary sanctions' against Chinese firms with North Korean ties and trade pressure from Washington helped persuade China to drop opposition to the new U.N. sanctions."
- CNN reports: "US President Donald Trump's threats of 'fire and fury' against North Korea couldn't come at a worse time for China. One of North Korea's closest diplomatic partners, China has long attempted to avoid conflict between Washington and Pyongyang, calling for both sides to make concessions. In a statement Wednesday, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said parties should 'avoid remarks and actions that could aggravate conflicts and escalate tensions.' 'China calls on all relevant sides to uphold the broad direction of resolving the North Korean nuclear issue through political means,' the statement said. Tong Zhao, associate at the Carnegie Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, told CNN the recent tensions come at a time when Beijing is keen to promote stability ahead of the 19th Communist Party National Congress, China's twice a decade handover of power scheduled for later this year. 'China has other regional crises as well, the border dispute with India, the South China Sea... it's really bad timing for another real crisis to emerge in North Korea,' Zhao said. Speaking at the Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey Tuesday, the US president said North Korea would face might 'like the world has never seen' if it continued to make threats."
- Foreign Policy comments: "China and India share more than 2,000 miles of border, but it's a slim corridor just 12 miles across at its narrowest point — and a nearby nugget of disputed territory — that has the nuclear-armed neighbors at each other's throats. On June 16, Chinese troops began extending a border road into the Doklam plateau, a tiny piece of land claimed by both China and Bhutan (but not India). Bhutan then called on India to intervene to block the road. Beijing reacted with outrage when New Delhi sent in troops to stop the construction, and both countries unleashed a war of words in domestic media outlets... The saber-rattling has lasted for more than a month already and shows no signs of stopping. China's Foreign Ministry railed against what it called India's "irresponsibility and recklessness" on Aug. 3. A day later, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman General Wu Qian issued a warning to India in a press conference... China and India fought a border war in 1962, but that didn't resolve their territorial disputes. In addition to Arunachal Pradesh, regions such as Aksai China, Siachen Glacier, and the Depsang Plains remain potential flashpoints. 'I'm not sure how this situation de-escalates,' saidYvonne Chiu, a politics professor at Hong Kong University, in an interview with CNN, 'not just because of the media hype on both sides, but also because China may not have an interest in de-escalating.'"
Calendar
- 2017-08-08 China's international trade grows less than expected, surplus with US dips
- 2017-08-07 China says it’s done its part to rein in North Korea—now the US and South Korea should step up
- 2017-08-06 China says sanctions needed for North Korea but talks crucial
- 2017-08-04 With live-fire drill, China warns India not to test Beijing
- 2017-08-03 China welcomes U.S. seeking dialogue with North Korea
- 2017-08-02 Trump Administration Is Said to Open Broad Inquiry Into China’s Trade Practices
- 2017-08-01 China Takes Tough Line on Sovereignty Amid Territorial Spats With Neighbors
- 2017-07-31 Trump plan on China may come as soon as this week
- 2017-07-30 China Shows Off Military Might as Xi Jinping Tries to Cement Power
- 2017-07-28 Value of U.S. deals in China sinks on rising trade tensions
News
- CNBC Trump appears to grant China banks sanctions reprieve after UN deal
- CNN Why Trump's North Korea threat is the last thing China needs
- U.S. News & World Report China Hints at Holding of Key Summer Conclave Ahead of Party Congress
- CNBC China consumer inflation falls short of expectations
- CNBC A nuclear crisis is flaring in North Korea, and Chinese markets don't seem to care
- Reuters Vietnam wins U.S. defense pledges as tension with China grows
- The Wall Street Journal U.S. Trade Actions in China Lag as North Korea Takes Precedence
- CNN Trump moves to slap duties on Chinese aluminum foil
- Bloomberg China Is Taking On the 'Original Sin' of Its Mountain of Debt
- The Washington Post Rescuers find bodies after China quake kills 19, injures 247
- CNN The architect charged with bringing China's former capital back to life
- Financial Times China slammed for delayed alert on palm oil spill
Commentary
- Foreign Policy Will China and India Go to War Over This Tiny 12-Mile Strip of Land?
- The Washington Post Trump edges closer to a trade war with China, thanks to aluminum foil
- Forbes Australia, Japan, And US: The South China Sea Isn't China's Own Sea
- New York Post Can Team Trump make China live up to its word on North Korea?
- New York Magazine Don't Count on China or Russia to Resolve the North Korea Crisis
- Forbes China Enforces First Action Under Developing Cyber Security Law
- Forbes China's Trillionaire Government Nearly Indestructible