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November 08 , 2017
  • The New York Times：Trump, in China, Seeks Help on North Korea
    The New York Times reports: "President Trump arrived in China on Wednesday, primed to ask his host, President Xi Jinping, to step up Chinese pressure on North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. But Mr. Trump's latest foray into personal diplomacy may end in frustration, as the Communist strongman he calls his friend either cannot, or does not want to, do the job. Mr. Trump... plans to call on the Chinese leader to cut off oil exports to North Korea, at least temporarily; to close down North Korean bank accounts in China; and to send home tens of thousands of North Koreans who work in China. While Mr. Xi may move incrementally in Mr. Trump's direction, experts said he was unlikely to fundamentally alter China's dynamic with North Korea, a onetime client state with whom its relations have steadily soured during the reign of Kim Jong-un... Mr. Trump's visit is the stiffest test yet of an audacious, but characteristic, bet: that if he cultivates Mr. Xi and offers him concessions, like delaying punitive trade moves, he can persuade the Chinese leader to move against the North in a way that none of his predecessors have."
  • CNBC：China's trade surplus with the US narrows in October
    CNBC reports: "China's trade surplus with the U.S. fell to $26.62 billion in October from $28.08 billion in September, the Customs department reported on Wednesday ahead of President Donald Trump's visit to the country. China's trade surplus with the U.S. was $222.98 billion in the first 10 months of 2017, Customs added... Overall, China's October exports lagged market expectations, rising 6.9 percent from a year earlier while imports beat forecasts, growing 17.2 percent, official data showed on Wednesday. That left the country with a trade surplus of $38.17 billion for the month, according to a Reuters calculation based on official data. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected October shipments from the world's largest exporter to have risen 7.2 percent, slower than 8.1 percent in the previous month. Imports had been expected to rise 16.0 percent, softening from an 18.7 percent gain seen in September. Analysts had forecast China's trade surplus to have widened to $39.5 billion in October from September's $28.61 billion. After several lean years, China's trade performance has rebounded this year thanks to strong demand at home and abroad."
  • Council on Foreign Relations：Can the United States, China, and South Korea Cooperate on North Korea?
    Council on Foreign Relations comments: "Yet again, Asia watchers are pondering how China might be able to help with the North Korean crisis. The vast majority in the Washington DC policy community is skeptical that Beijing has the will or the intent to reign in Pyongyang by seriously enforcing the existing sanctions against the regime. However, Kim Heung-kyu, director of the China Policy Institute and professor at Ajou University in South Korea, argues... that the Chinese discourse toward North Korea has greatly shifted under Xi Jinping and that time is rife to seek U.S.-China-South Korea trilateral cooperation on North Korea. According to Kim, under Hu Jintao... China's Korea policy was rather passive and focused on stability and status quo. Under Xi, especially after North Korea's third nuclear test in 2013, China has forged a closer relationship with South Korea. Moreover, calls for tougher sanctions and Chinese support for Korean unification on South Korean terms have also increased in the Chinese discourse. At the same time, the China-North Korea relationship has entered one of the worst periods in its history. Under Xi Jinping, China has adopted an increasingly active and vocal stance on Korea-related issues... But Kim argues that the Chinese have also become more open to embracing various mini- and multilateral talks to deal with North Korea–related issues... Given this shift, China now could be willing to join a trilateral dialogue with the United States and South Korea on North Korea at track 1.7 level, which would include government officials on the U.S. and South Korean sides and nongovernmental experts authorized to discuss sensitive matters by the government on the Chinese side. With enough trust-building, such dialogues could eventually make way for official government-to-government talks on North Korea."
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