Media Report
- The New York Times reports: "Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit China this week to discuss President Donald Trump's planned travel to the region and North Korea. The State Department says Tillerson heads to Beijing on Thursday. His talks with senior Chinese leaders will also cover trade and investment. It will be Tillerson's second visit to China and comes amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and North Korea. Tillerson went for the first time to Beijing in March. The department says that the visit reaffirms the Trump administration's commitment to enhance U.S. economic and security interests in the Asia-Pacific region. Trump is expected to travel to the region this fall."
- CNN reports: "China unexpectedly started buying coal from North Korea again last month, raising questions about its commitment to cracking down on trade with Kim Jong Un's regime. Beijing said in February that it would halt all coal shipments from North Korea through the end of this year. Official Chinese customs data shows the country stuck to that pledge until August, when it imported 1.64 million tons of coal, worth about $138 million, from its smaller neighbor.News of the coal purchases comes as President Trump is stepping up efforts to try to stifle trade between North Korea and other countries in order to pressure Kim to back down on his country's rapidly advancing nuclear weapons program. Coal was one of North Korea's top exports to China, its main trading partner. The U.N. Security Council in November put a limit on North Korean exports of coal -- and then banned them altogether in August. U.S. experts said Beijing's coal imports in August highlight its unwillingness to stick to promises to cut trade with Pyongyang. 'Even when China isn't officially violating U.N. Security Council resolutions, it violates the spirit of them over and over again,' said Kent Boydston, a research analyst at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. 'It makes me question not just why coal imports appear to be happening again but what was the real volume of imports in the months it reported there were none.'"
- Fortune comments: "On my way through security in San Francisco Sunday afternoon I ran into a Silicon Valley-based executive traveling on the same flight to Fortune's CEO Initiative event in New York. I asked how important China was to his business, and he listed the number of Chinese cities in which his company has relatively new offices and told me he visits the country regularly. As for me, with our Fortune Global Forum and Brainstorm Tech International conferences in Guangzhou approaching and fresh off our 'China innovation' dinner last week, I guesstimated that China accounts for 25% of my 'mindshare' these days. I'm not alone. Apple, for instance, has named one executive to oversee operations for the entire country, plus Hong Kong and Taiwan, the only country to which Apple dedicates a single executive. Her name is Isabel Ge Mahe, and... a huge part of the China country head position is dealing with the Chinese government. Yet there is nothing in Mahe's background that suggests any experience dealing with the formidable task of conducting government relations in Beijing. Instead, Mahe is an accomplished wireless engineer and manager, having risen the ranks at Apple and worked on key products. When filling a role like this companies can go with someone who knows the ins and outs of the local government and hope they can learn the company. Or as Apple has, it can choose someone who knows the company and ask them to learn the ropes in the halls of power."
Calendar
- 2017-09-26 If This Is a Trade War, China’s Winning
- 2017-09-25 U.S. hopes for 'good deliverables' during Trump's China visit
- 2017-09-24 The nuclear threat can be contained by diplomacy
- 2017-09-20 China finds Trump threats to North Korea unhelpful
- 2017-09-19 Why China's Xi Jinping is missing from the U.N. General Assembly
- 2017-09-18 Korean peninsula draws range of military drills in show of force against North Korea
- 2017-09-15 China is getting tougher on North Korea—to stop the US from getting tougher on it
- 2017-09-14 Trump Blocks China-Backed Bid to Buy U.S. Chip Maker
- 2017-09-13 Trump says UN North Korea sanctions are 'not a big deal'
- 2017-09-12 After U.S. Compromise, Security Council Strengthens North Korea Sanctions
News
- CNN Did China just break its promise not to buy North Korean coal?
- The New York Times Top U.S. diplomat Tillerson to travel to China this week
- Reuters China says Taiwan not a country, Taiwan says China needs reality check
- CNN Top US general: China will be 'greatest threat' to US by 2025
- CNBC Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross praises China's 'gigantic' step on North Korea
- Forbes Forbes Global CEO Conference: "I've Never Seen Asia Look Better"
- The New York Times As China's Economy Slows, 'Business Cults' Prey on Young Job Seekers
- Bloomberg There's One North Korea Taboo China's Leaders Won't Talk About
- Financial Times China's 'teapot' oil refiners feel the heat as competition grows
- The Washington Post The walls are closing in: China finds new ways to tighten Internet controls
- CNBC China still stocking up on metals and credit, private survey says
- Financial Times Mining stocks face pressure from China's reforms
- Washington Free Beacon China's 'Magic Weapons': Influence Operations Subverting Foreign Governments
Commentary
- Fortune How China Leapfrogged the West in Tech
- Foreign Policy U.S. Chamber of Commerce Wants to Make Ex-Im Bank Great Again
- Foreign Policy Journal The Coming War on China
- The Hill To prevail in Asia, the US needs Germany — and Europe
- China File The German Edition of Falun Gong's 'Epoch Times' Aligns with the Far Right
- Barron's BHP says Steel Demand to Surge Under China's Belt and Road
- CoinDesk It's Political: Why China Hates Bitcoin and Loves the Blockchain