Media Report
- The Wall Street Journal reports: "China's sending its foreign minister to North Korea as Beijing seeks to avoid being sidelined by its neighbor's top-level negotiations with Seoul and Washington. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is scheduled to visit North Korea on Wednesday and Thursday at the invitation of his North Korean counterpart, Ri Yong Ho, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Monday in brief statement. Though no agenda was released, Mr. Wang's visit comes on the heels of Friday's summit between the leaders of North and South Korea, where the two sides agreed to seek a peace treaty to end the Korean War. On Sunday, the South Korean presidential office said that the North's Kim Jong Un had committed to closing its nuclear test site next month."
- The New York Times reports: "China will refuse to discuss President Trump's two toughest trade demands when American negotiators arrive in Beijing this week, people involved in Chinese policymaking say, potentially forcing Washington to escalate the dispute or back down. The Chinese government is publicly calling for flexibility on both sides. But senior Beijing officials do not plan to discuss the Trump administration's two biggest demands: a mandatory $100 billion cut in America's $375 billion annual trade deficit with China and curbs on Beijing's $300 billion plan to bankroll the country's industrial upgrade into advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors, electric cars and commercial aircraft. The reason: Beijing feels its economy has become big enough and resilient enough to stand up to the United States."
- CNBC reports: "Activity in China's vast manufacturing sector eased in April, as export orders slowed in another sign of ebbing economic growth, while a simmering Sino-U.S. trade row heightened risks for the industrial sector. The official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) released on Monday fell to 51.4 in April, from 51.5 in March, but remained well above the 50-point mark that separates growth from contraction on a monthly basis. It marked the 21st straight month of expanding business conditions in China. Analysts surveyed by Reuters had forecast the index would ease slightly to 51.3."
Calendar
- 2018-04-27 China is trying to lure Trump into a bad deal on trade
- 2018-04-26 Beijing Ready to Hit Back if U.S. Curbs Chinese Investments
- 2018-04-25 Steven Mnuchin Will Head to China as Trade Tensions Mount
- 2018-04-24 Worrying signs China is moving backward on reforms, warns U.S. official
- 2018-04-23 How China Is Buying Its Way Into Europe
- 2018-04-22 China's ZTE says it's seeking a solution to US tech ban
- 2018-04-20 In a Trade War, China Might Boycott U.S. Goods. That Could Backfire.
- 2018-04-19 China says it's ready to deal with any fallout from trade row with US
- 2018-04-18 U.S. Moves to Block Sales by Chinese Telecom Equipment Makers
- 2018-04-17 In new sign of trade battle, China slaps U.S. sorghum producers with 179 percent deposit
News
- The Wall Street Journal China Sends Foreign Minister to Pyongyang
- The New York Times China Prepares a Hard-Line Stance on Trump's Trade Demands
- CNBC China says its manufacturing activity slowed down in April amid trade fight with the US
- Bloomberg China's Economy Gives Little Sign of Slowdown as PMIs Hold Up
- The New York Times Behind T-Mobile-Sprint Merger, a Race to Keep Up With China 5G
- CNBC China and India are trying to write a new page of the world economy
- Bloomberg Russia Sends Oil to China at Europe's Expense as Trades Upended
- The New York Times China Prepares a Hard-Line Stance on Trump's Trade Demands
- Market Watch U.S., China to meet with goal of calming trade tensions
- Minnesota Post Can the U.S. avoid trade wars with China and the EU? We'll find out this week
- Business Insider Russia, China, and the US are in a hypersonic weapons arm race — and officials warn the US could be falling behind
- Business Insider Apple may have lost more than a third of its market share in China
Commentary
- The Washington Post China-U.S.-Taiwan relations are in choppy waters. Here's what's going on.
- The Guardian 'Sidelined' China seeks to maintain influence as ties between North Korea and US improve
- Bloomberg In Trade Talks, China Is Too Clever by Half
- Australian Strategic Policy Institute Cold winds of the fifth China–Oz icy age
- Quartz Leek, candy, and big pancake: The slang Chinese crypto traders use to hide from the authorities
- Variety China Box Office: Questions Surround 'Us and Them' $88 Million Holiday Weekend Win
- National Review Cohen of China
- Bloomberg Why Can't China Make Semiconductors?