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November 29 , 2017
  • CNBC：China has 'grave concerns' about North Korea's latest missile test

    CNBC reports: "China's Foreign Ministry has expressed what it called "grave concern and opposition" to North Korea's latest missile launch in an unusual rebuke of its neighbor and ally. Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the country hoped "all parties would act cautiously to preserve peace and stability," Reuters reported on Wednesdaymorning. The ministry's spokesman added that China would continue to uphold peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and would work for 'settlement on the North Korea nuclear issue.' The public comments come after the isolated Communist state of North Korea launched yet another intercontinental ballistic missile, which it claimed was capable of reaching the U.S. mainland. The missile, the Hwasong-15, was ordered by leader Kim Jong Un and is the country's the most powerful missile so far, according to a state televised broadcast. There are widespread fears that North Korea is in the latter stages of developing nuclear warheads that could be attached to its ballistic missiles and aimed at the U.S. and its allies. Although North Korea claims to have already developed and successfully tested such weapons, it's hard to independently verify what stage of the process the regime has reached as the regime is so closed and secretive."

  • The Washington Post：Trump fires opening shot in China trade battle
    The Washington Post reports: "The Trump administration took unusual action against what it said were unfair Chinese trade practices on Tuesday, dusting off a weapon last used in 1991 and announcing two investigations into the pricing of aluminum products imported into the U.S. The Commerce Department move comes two weeks after President Trump, fresh from a 12-day Asian tour, boasted of the rapturous welcome and lucrative business deals that had greeted him in Beijing. But the actions — though highly symbolic — had been widely expected for Trump who accused China of 'raping' the U.S. economy during the presidential campaign and threatened to label the country a 'currency manipulator.' 'President Trump made it clear from day one that unfair trade practices will not be tolerated under this administration,' Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on a conference call with industry executives. 'Today's action shows that we intend to make good on that promise to the American people.' Ross said that the Chinese government has subsidized excess production of common alloy aluminum sheets, flooding the U.S. market with products that are sold well below fair value."
  • Foreign Policy：China Should Send 30,000 Troops Into North Korea
    Foreign Policy comments: "In confronting North Korea's adamant pursuit of nuclear weapons, so far nothing has been effective. Pledges to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula have failed. United Nations resolutions have failed. Increasingly severe sanctions have failed. And insults not only fail but also reinforce the hard-line stance of Kim Jong Un... Are there any other options left worth pursuing? Cold War experience offers insight into a basic factor — a posture of strategic reassurance — that has persuaded other countries to forgo a nuclear-weapons option. What is the central concern driving North Korea's quest for nuclear weapons? Pyongyang claims it is a well-founded fear that the United States and South Korea plan aggression to overthrow the Kim regime. To Americans, that fear seems absurd; Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has explicitly denied any such intention. Yet it is the stated basis for the intensive, costly missile and nuclear programs that make Kim Jong Un so dangerous. It would be prudent to address it directly, demonstrating first that the threat of invasion against the North is unreal and, second, that absent the threat, continued defiance of international demands for nuclear and missile restraint has more sinister purposes. Declarations by Washington and Seoul are insufficient, but more potent approaches are available.Those approaches rely on policies that helped induce several potential nuclear-weapons states to forego such arsenals... As historian Michael Howard explained years ago, reassurance of allies is scarcely less crucial than deterrence of adversaries. Durable strategic stability depends on both... A symmetrical policy of reassurance could involve possibly 30,000 Chinese military personnel stationed there, a total comparable to U.S. forces south of the 38th parallel."
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