Media Report
- Bloomberg reports, "For Xi Jinping, diplomatic wins rarely come this easily: Just showing up at an Asia-Pacific summit this week would help score a victory for China. With U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin staying away from Papua New Guinea -- an economy smaller than all 50 U.S. states -- Xi is by far the most prominent among 21 leaders attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting that starts on Friday. And he's making the most of his time there, hosting leaders from about a dozen Pacific Island countries in a show of strength."
- CNBC reports, "Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his counterpart Vice Premier Liu He have resumed discussions about a possible deal that would ease trade tensions, just weeks before President Trump and President Xi are set to meet in Argentina for the G20 summit. Mnuchin and He spoke via phone on Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people briefed on the conversation. The US is demanding that China put forth an offer before negotiations on a trade deal can begin, while China would like discussion to begin before making a formal proposal."
- Reuters reports, "No country can block China's cooperation with island nations in the Pacific and the area is no country's sphere of influence, a senior diplomat said on Tuesday, ahead of a summit between President Xi Jinping and Pacific island leaders." Australia, in particular, has been vying for influence with China in sparsely populated Pacific island countries that control vast swathes of resource-rich oceans. Xi is due to meet leaders from eight Pacific nations it has diplomatic ties with at the end of the week in Papua New Guinea, where he will offer "important measures" for more cooperation, Vice Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang told a news briefing. "Other countries should not obstruct China's friendly cooperation and exchanges with the island nations. Of course, they have no way to obstruct this cooperation and these exchanges," Zheng said, without specifying any country.
Calendar
- 2018-11-12 China calls for open world economy but work remains on landmark trade pact
- 2018-11-11 Bilateral ties, military movement key points at US-China meeting
- 2018-11-09 Forget the trade war, China's economy has other big problems
- 2018-11-08 Trump’s Tariffs Have Fully Kicked In—Yet China’s Exports Grow
- 2018-11-07 Here's what the US election results mean for Trump's trade war with China
- 2018-11-06 China open to trade talks with US, says Wang Qishan
- 2018-11-05 Xi tells the world China will boost imports while swiping at Trump’s ‘law of the jungle’
- 2018-11-04 Trump-Xi Trade Deal Is Likely to Begin Rather Than End at G-20
- 2018-11-02 Trump and China’s Xi give positive signs over phone call but markets give up early gains
- 2018-11-01 Australia to Rebuild U.S. World War II Base as China Courts Pacific Allies
News
- Bloomberg Xi Expands China's Footprint in the Pacific While Trump Stays Home
- CNBC Treasury Secretary Mnuchin and top Chinese official are reportedly talking trade ahead of Trump-Xi meeting
- Reuters China says nobody can stand in its way in Pacific island cooperation
- The Washington Post With Trump absent, China and Russia to take center stage at Asia-Pacific summits
- The Wall Street Journal U.S. Fights China for Influence, One Project at a Time
- CNN US, China revive trade talks ahead of Argentina meeting, Ross says
- The Washington Post China makes a U-turn on legalizing tiger and rhino trade following international outcry
- The New York Times Australia's Prime Minister 'Surprised' by State's Secret Deal With China
- Financial Times China censorship moves from politics to economics
- The Wall Street Journal China's Race to Dominate AI
Commentary
- The New York Times China and Trump, Listen Up!
- The Guardian China's mass incarceration of Muslims cannot be left unchallenged
- Foreign Affairs How to Counter China's Influence in the South Pacific
- The Wall Street Journal A China Trade Deal or a New Cold War?
- The Economist What China talks about when it talks about stimulus
- NPR China's Building Spree In Poor Nations: Does It Really Help The Local Economy?