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August 21 , 2017
  • Financial Times：Bannon exit provides only temporary relief to China
    Financial Times reports: "The departure from the White House of Steve Bannon, one of China's strongest critics within the Trump administration, is likely to provide only temporary relief to Beijing, China foreign policy analysts say. Mr. Bannon warned shortly before he was ousted on Friday that the US and China were locked in an existential battle for domination of the global economy, telling The American Prospect that the US should be 'maniacally focused' on that 'economic war' with China. Despite the exit of one of US president Donald Trump's most outspoken nationalist advisers, the Trump administration went ahead on Friday with the formal launch of an investigation into allegations of Chinese intellectual property theft. The Global Times... argued in an editorial on Saturday that Mr Bannon's'"toxic legacy' when it comes to China should leave the White House with him... But analysts argued that any respite would be temporary. 'It may be good for China in the short run but it won't have a profound impact in the long run because he's just one person and Trump has the final say,' said Chen Dingding, a professor of international relations at Jinan University in Guangzhou. While some analysts have argued that Beijing can take advantage of Mr Trump's transactional approach to politics and his diminution of the traditional foreign policy establishment, Professor Chen said that the high turnover among the President's staff made it very hard for China."
  • The Washington Post：Cambridge University Press reverses course, restores articles, after China censorship row
    The Washington Post reports: "Cambridge University Press has reversed course after facing a major backlash from academics over its decision to bow to Chinese government demands to censor an important academic journal. CUP announced Friday it had removed 300 articles and book reviews from a version of the "China Quarterly" website available in China at the request of the government. But on Monday,  it apparently rescinded that decision after outrage from the academic community. 'Following a meeting with officers from the Cambridge University Press (CUP), the China Quarterly has been informed that CUP intends to repost immediately the articles removed from its website in China,; Tom Pringle, editor of China Quarterly said in a statement published online... The articles touched on topics deemed sensitive to the Communist Party, including the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square in 1989, policies towards Tibetan and Uighur ethnic minorities, Taiwan and the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution... (and) would still have been available on a version of China Quarterly accessible outside China. The demand to remove the articles came from China's General Administration of Press and Publication, which warned that if they were not removed the entire website would be made unavailable in China."
  • The Wall Street Journal：Playing Chicken With China
    The Wall Street Journal comments: "President Trump appears desperate, erratic and even irrational as he struggles to stop North Korea from developing nuclear weapons capable of reaching the U.S. mainland. If the president is to be believed, he stands ready to run any risk, pay any price and do whatever necessary to keep the U.S. safe. This includes launching a pre-emptive attack that risks dragging America and China into a second Korean War. To understand the method in what looks like madness, recall the Cold War strategy known as 'nuclear chicken.' A game played by thrill-seeking teenagers in the 1950s captures the strategy's essence. A pair of daredevils would each put the left wheel of his car on the centerline of the road. From opposite directions, they then drove toward each other at full speed... If neither swerved, the cars collided and both drivers died. In the current version of this contest, North Korea's Kim Jong Un has straddled the centerline and is driving straight at Mr. Trump. The president responded by revving up America's military machine. He is now heading toward a collision with his North Korean counterpart. This has led many to call Mr. Trump irresponsible, but a version of his strategy successfully deterred the Soviet Union during the Cold War."
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