China orders North Korean business closed under UN sanctions - September 28, 2017

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September 28 , 2017

ABC News：China orders North Korean business closed under UN sanctions
ABC News reports: "China on Thursday ordered North Korean-owned businesses to close, cutting foreign revenue for the isolated North under U.N. sanctions imposed over its nuclear and missile programs. China is North Korea's main trading partner, making Beijing's cooperation essential to the success of sanctions aimed at stopping the North's pursuit of weapons technology. China, long North Korea's diplomatic protector, has gone along with the latest penalties out of growing frustration with leader Kim Jong Un's government. North Korean businesses and ventures with Chinese partners must close within 120 days of the U.N. Security Council's Sept. 11 approval of the latest sanctions, according to the Ministry of Commerce. That would be early January. North Korean companies operate restaurants and other ventures in China, helping to provide the North with foreign currency. North Korean laborers work in Chinese factories and other businesses. Also Thursday, China's foreign ministry appealed for dialogue to defuse the increasingly acrimonious dispute between U.S. President Donald Trump's government and North Korea."
Reuters：Leaving nothing to chance, China increases security, social control before Congress
Reuters reports: "China is tightening security for next month's twice-a-decade Communist Party Congress, cancelling police leave in Beijing, limiting tourism to Tibet, and clamping down on the spread of political rumors. High-level meetings in China are typically accompanied by a security crackdown - as well as uncharacteristically smog-free blue skies - with the stability-obsessed party not wanting to run the risk that anyone or anything offers a distraction. Thousands of policemen from other provinces have been sent to the Chinese capital to reinforce, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. A second source, with ties to the country's security forces and citing conversations with senior police officers, said all police leave in Beijing had been canceled starting from early September. Beijing Communist Party chief Cai Qi on Wednesday asked the city for '120 percent' effort to ensure safety for the congress, the official Beijing Daily said. 'We must hold the line for social control, eliminate all destabilizing factors, hold the line for cyber security and resolutely crack down on political rumors and harmful news,' Cai said."
Bloomberg：Bannon's Back and Targeting China
Bloomberg comments: "As President Trump's chief strategist, Steve Bannon operated mostly behind the scenes to press his hard-right brand of nationalist politics, with only intermittent success... Bannon claims he's devoting his post-White House energies to 'going to war for Trump.' But Moore's Sept. 26 drubbing of Strange shows that Bannon remains influential—and is emerging as a political force of his own. "The populist-nationalist movement proved in Alabama that a candidate with the right ideas and a grass-roots organization can win big," says Bannon, who introduced Moore at his victory rally. 'Now, our focus is on recruiting candidates to take over the Republican Party.' As a candidate, Trump pledged to take aggressive action against China. And though he's continued to talk tough, he's done little to make good on his threats. As with many issues, his campaign rhetoric has run headlong into reality. 'We're still talking about treating China no longer as an economic partner but an economic enemy,' says Derek Scissors, a China economics expert at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). 'However, we have yet to take any meaningful action in that direction.' As a candidate, Trump pledged to take aggressive action against China. And though he's continued to talk tough, he's done little to make good on his threats. As with many issues, his campaign rhetoric has run headlong into reality. 'We're still talking about treating China no longer as an economic partner but an economic enemy,' says Derek Scissors, a China economics expert at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). 'However, we have yet to take any meaningful action in that direction.' That lack of progress has convinced Bannon that an outside entity is necessary to focus U.S. attention—and political pressure—on confronting China more aggressively."

Calendar

2017-09-27 Top US Diplomat Tillerson to Travel to China This Week
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'

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