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December 29 , 2017
  • The Washington Post：Trump said China was caught 'red handed' selling oil to North Korea. Beijing denies it did anything wrong.
    The Washington Post reports: "Did a Chinese ship deliver oil to North Korea in defiance of the U.N. Security Council? President Trump and South Korea seem to think so. China does not. Hours after Trump accused China on Thursday of being caught "red handed" selling oil to the North Koreans — in apparent violation of U.N. sanctions — South Korea released information that appeared to support his claim. South Korean authorities said Friday that on Nov. 24 they seized and inspected a Hong Kong-flagged vessel that on Oct. 19 transferred 600 tons of refined petroleum to a North Korean vessel. But at a daily press briefing in Beijing, a spokeswoman for China's foreign ministry flatly dismissed the claim, saying media accounts 'did not accord with the facts. China has always implemented U.N. Security Council resolutions pertaining to North Korea in their entirety and fulfills its international obligations,' said the spokeswoman, Hua Chunying. 'We never allow Chinese companies and citizens to violate the resolutions,' she said. The standoff underscores Trump's frustration at his attempts to press China to tighten economic pressures on North Korea as part of global efforts to curb the North's nuclear and missile programs."
  • Fox News：North Korean nuclear scientist who defected to China kills himself after forced to return
    Fox News reports: "A North Korean nuclear scientist who fled the country while taking time off from work to deal with "anxiety over his research projects" has killed himself inside a prison cell after being recaptured in China and sent back over the border, according to a report. The defector worked as a researcher in the State Academy of Sciences in Pyongyang and was part of a group of North Koreans caught in Shenyang in early November, a source inside the reclusive country told Radio Free Asia. They were sent back from the northern Chinese city to North Korea on Nov. 17 and the scientist reportedly died by taking poison while awaiting interrogation. 'He killed himself only a few hours after he was placed in solitary confinement at the State Security Department in Sinuiju city' the source said... The source said the man, believed to be in his early 50s, reportedly took time off from his job 'because he was showing signs of anxiety over his research projects.' The man then visited relatives near the border but without carrying valid travel documents... During his time of capture in China, the man for some reason never told Chinese officials about his job, which was a major error, according to the source."
  • The New York Times：I Am Proud of Our Diplomacy
    The New York Times comments: "Over the past year, the United States has faced immense challenges in its dealings with North Korea, China and Russia, and in its efforts to defeat international terrorism. But Americans should be encouraged by the progress the State Department and United States Agency for International Development have made in pushing for global peace and stability. When President Trump took office, he identified North Korea as the United States' greatest security threat. He abandoned the failed policy of strategic patience. In its place we carried out a policy of pressure through diplomatic and economic sanctions. This year, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted three of the strongest sanctions resolutions in history, including bans on a wide array of North Korean exports such as coal, iron, seafood and textiles. The United States has asked allies and partners to exert unilateral pressure against North Korea in order to force the regime to change its behavior... A central component of our North Korea strategy is persuading China to exert its decisive economic leverage on Pyongyang. China has applied certain import bans and sanctions, but it could and should do more. We will also continue to pursue American interests in other areas of our relationship, including trade imbalances, intellectual property theft and China's troubling military activities in the South China Sea and elsewhere. China's rise as an economic and military power requires Washington and Beijing to consider carefully how to manage our relationship for the next 50 years."
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