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02.07.17China Courts Ivanka, Jared Kushner to Smooth Ties With Trump
Bloomberg
For China, Trump’s family may be the best hope for stable U.S. relations.
Viewpoint
02.07.17Can the New U.S. Ambassador to China See Xi Jinping for Who He Really Is?
When the Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds confirmation hearings on Terry Branstad’s nomination to be Ambassador to China, the Iowa Governor is sure to be asked about the positions of the president who nominated him. I hope, though, that...
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02.07.17How Trump Could Put U.S.-China Relations on the Right Track
Washington Post
Called “U.S. Policy Toward China: Recommendations for a New Administration,” the bipartisan report, produced by an 18-member panel.
Reports
02.07.17U.S. Policy Toward China
Asia Society
The Task Force on U.S.-China Policy generated the following report and set of recommendations to assist the 45th U.S. presidential administration in formulating a China strategy that will protect and further U.S. national interests. This report...
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02.06.17China Protests U.S. Sanctions on Iran, but Sees ‘Clouds of War’ Dispersing over South China Sea
Washington Post
China said Monday it had lodged a formal protest with the United States over a decision to impose new sanctions targeting Iran, which affected a handful of Chinese companies and individuals.
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02.06.17U.S.-China War Would Be a Disaster for the World, Says Communist Party
Guardian
Editorial says two countries should strive to avoid conflict in first statement since Donald Trump’s election win
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02.06.17China’s Forex Reserves May Beat Expectations: Analyst
CNBC
China’s foreign-exchange reserves data for January, due on Tuesday, may surprise on the upside after a long downtrend, an analyst said.
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02.06.17Vatican Defends Inviting Chinese Ex-Minister to Organ Trafficking Talks
Guardian
Huang Jiefu’s inclusion at summit risks conferring legitimacy on Beijing’s transplantation program, say critics
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02.06.17Donald Trump Hasn’t Spoken with Chinese President Xi Jinping since Taking Office
Quartz
Two weeks into his presidency, Donald Trump has spoken with 18 foreign heads-of-state, either by phone or in person. Xi Jinping’s name is conspicuously missing.
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02.06.17It Won’t Be Easy for Donald Trump to Bully China
Fortune
Trump’s screeds against China—for cheapening its currency, stoking its export machine and “stealing” American jobs—were a centerpiece of his campaign. And yet, as Trump himself probably knows, China won’t be easy to bully.
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02.05.17China’s Intelligent Weaponry Gets Smarter
New York Times
The Pentagon’s plan to bring A.I. to the military is taking shape as Chinese researchers assert themselves in the nascent technology field.
Conversation
02.05.17Is The White House Beginning to Resemble Zhongnanhai?
Since Donald Trump was sworn into office on January 20, he has lied repeatedly about the size of the crowd at his inauguration, embraced xenophobic policies, and declareda “running war with the media.” The White House has frozen out the...
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02.04.17Xi Jinping’s Back Channel to Donald Trump
Nikkei Asian Review
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s regime is under pressure to rethink its U.S. strategy now that Donald Trump has been inaugurated as president of the U.S. and appears intent on changing the power dynamic between the two giants.
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02.04.17Disappearance of Chinese Billionaire Alarms Financial Sector
Wall Street Journal
Xiao Jianhua is one of several high-profile Chinese businessmen to go missing since China’s 2015 stock-market crash
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02.04.17Ivanka Trump Effect: New Year Wishes from President’s Daughter Welcomed in China
Guardian
Beijing media says visit to embassy in U.S. could help ‘balance president’s harsh posture’ but relationship with Washington remains strained
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02.04.17Mexico Blowback Should Dissuade Trump from Taking on China
Bloomberg
Even though Trump chose the U.S.’s southern neighbor as his first target in the tariff war, China casts a much longer shadow over the U.S. economy.
Features
02.04.17Why’s Beijing So Worried About Western Values Infecting China’s Youth?
In early December, Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered the country’s universities to “adhere to the correct political orientation.” Speaking at a conference on ideology and politics in China’s colleges, he stressed that schools must uphold the...
Viewpoint
02.02.17The Art of a China Deal
By his own admission, President Donald J. Trump is a brilliant businessman, a master negotiator, an exceptional deal maker, somebody who always wins. When it comes to China, he is prepared to do just that—win. “I’ve read hundreds of books about...
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02.02.17Trump, Tillerson and the South China Sea: What’s at Stake
CNN
Rex Tillerson, who was sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State Wednesday, takes responsibility for U.S. policy in one of the world’s biggest flashpoints: the South China Sea.
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02.02.17As Trump Sows Tensions with Mexico, Beijing May Reap Rewards
CNBC
As President Donald Trump wages a public and bellicose battle with the Mexican government, China may emerge as the victor.
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02.02.17China’s ‘Silk Road’ Push Stirs Resentment, Protest in Sri Lanka
Voice of America
China signed a deal with Sri Lanka late last year to further develop the strategic port of Hambantota and build a huge industrial zone nearby, a key part of Beijing’s ambitions to create a modern-day “Silk Road” across Asia.
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02.02.17Why Foreign Companies Are Shutting Shop in China
South China Morning Post
Sony Electronics, Marks & Spencer, Metro, Home Depot, Best Buy, Revlon, L’Oreal, Microsoft, and Sharp—some of the big names to have closed Chinese operations
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02.01.17Trump’s Defense Chief Heads to Asia, Eying China, North Korea Threat
Reuters
President Donald Trump’s defense secretary is expected to underscore U.S. security commitments to key allies South Korea and Japan on his debut trip to Asia this week as concerns mount over North Korea’s missile program and tensions with China.
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02.01.17Yuan’s Gain Has Surprised Trump, Incoming Ambassador Branstad Says
Bloomberg
Donald Trump probably hasn’t followed through on campaign pledges to label China a currency manipulator because the yuan’s been stronger than he anticipated, the U.S. President’s pick as ambassador to China said Tuesday.
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02.01.17China Billionaire’s Disappearance from Hong Kong Revives Autonomy Concerns
Reuters
The uncertain fate of Xiao Jianhua, a China-born billionaire who was last seen at a luxury Hong Kong hotel a week ago, has raised fresh fears about the city’s autonomy amid media reports he may have been abducted by Chinese agents.
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02.01.17There Are Echoes of China in Today’s America
Time
We are troubled by how often lately we experience a strange sort of China-related déjà vu when following events in the U.S.
Viewpoint
01.31.17The Origins of China’s New Law on Foreign NGOs
For many years, the vast majority of foreign NGOs operated quietly in China in a legal grey area. Many are unregistered and work in China through local partners, while others are registered as commercial enterprises. That all changed with the...
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01.31.17Make China Great Again
New York Times
America’s rivals and enemies have enjoyed a very good 10 days.
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01.31.17Asia Pacific Nations Are Tilting Closer toward China as Trump Declares ‘America First’
CNBC
There are strong signs that countries in Asia and the Pacific region are turning away from the United States and tilting toward China as the Trump administration emphasizes “America First.”
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01.31.17For China, a Rethink on Donald Trump
Wall Street Journal
Beijing initially welcomed a tough negotiator—then came the Mexico episode
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01.31.17How China Can Win as America Turns Inward
Newsweek
As the U.S. was backing away from a major international agreement, China continued its push to strike pacts with other nations.
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01.31.17Philippines’ Duterte Asks China to Patrol Piracy-Plagued Waters
Reuters
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he had asked China to help in the fight against Islamic State-linked militants by sending ships to patrol southern waters plagued by raids on commercial vessels.
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01.31.17Billionaire Is Reported Seized from Hong Kong Hotel and Taken into China
New York Times
A Chinese-born billionaire who has forged financial ties with some of the country’s most powerful families was taken by the Chinese police from his apartment at the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong late last week and spirited across the border
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01.30.17U.S.-China War Increasingly a ‘Reality,’ Chinese Army Official Says
CNBC
China is preparing for a potential military clash with the United States, according to an article on the Chinese army’s website.
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01.30.17Donald Trump Is Handing China the World
Daily Beast
While Trump focuses on building up the U.S. Navy to counter China, Beijing is gobbling up the other segments of global relations that used to be dominated by the U.S.
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01.30.17China Says ‘Reasonable Concerns’ Must Be Factored into Trump Travel Bans
South China Morning Post
China is building diplomatic role in Middle East, and has close ties with Iran and Sudan, two of Trump’s seven proscribed countries
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01.30.17China’s Happy to Sit Out the Nuclear Arms Race
Foreign Policy
While Putin and Trump push for bigger arsenals, Beijing has all the nukes it'll ever need.
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01.30.17With Pen Plan, China Etches Nationalist Economic Policy
Wall Street Journal
New ability to manufacture pen nibs gives China ability to produce whole pen—and a point of pride
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01.30.17U.N. Social Media Posts Removed in China After Backlash
Voice of America
A massive backlash on social media in China has apparently led the United Nations to take down two Lunar New Year posts on refugees and poverty from their Chinese Weibo social media site.
Conversation
01.27.17TPP is Dead, Now What?
On Monday, on his first full working day as president, Donald Trump officially withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a 12-nation trade pact that did not include China and did not have the votes to...
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01.26.17Chinese Send Fake Trump Tweets as Jokes, New Year Wishes
Associated Press
In China, Twitter is blocked but fake tweets by @realdonaldtrump look set to become the latest internet sensation.
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01.25.17If the U.S. Ever Went to War with China, It Would Be a Trump Distraction Technique
Guardian
There is no indication that the U.S. president wants a war. But, if he did get into one, it would be to direct attention away from his incompetence.
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01.25.17As Trump Stresses ‘America First,’ China Plays the World Leader
Reuters
China is calmly mapping out global leadership aspirations from trade to climate change, drawing distinctions between President Xi Jinping’s steady hand and new U.S. President Donald Trump
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01.25.17Look out China, Mexico, Japan and Germany: How Trade Shapes Trump’s Worldview
Washington Post
In a nutshell, John Robb argues that trade—rather than national security—dominates Trump’s foreign policy thinking, inverting decades of U.S. practice.
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01.25.17China Can Thrive in the Trump Era
New York Times
China has a chance to become a full-fledged superpower if it responds to the Trump presidency by opening up more to the world economically and politically.
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01.25.17China Gives Details of Items Banned from Export to North Korea
Reuters
China released on Wednesday a new, comprehensive list of goods that can not be exported to North Korea, including many “dual use” items that can be used to build weapons of mass destruction.
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01.25.17Hong Kong Denies Beijing Role in Seizure of Singaporean Troop Carriers
South China Morning Post
Customs chief says the enforcement action was based on Hong Kong law and also claims Singapore’s government was never a target for investigation
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01.25.17China Corruption Prosecutions Drop for First Time in Five Years
Financial Times
Fall of 20% in party officials handed to courts marks change of tack in campaign
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01.24.17China Commissions 31st Stealth Warship
Hindu
Chinese media have said the U.S. has to wage a war with China if America blocks it from accessing the artificial islands it has built in the contested South China Sea.
The China Africa Project
01.24.17How Taiwan Became a Divisive Political Issue in South Africa
South Africa’s opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), now sees the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party’s close ties to China as a vulnerability that the DA aims to exploit. Evidence of this new strategy came in December when the DA...
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01.24.17Is Trump Ready for War in the South China Sea, or Is His Team Just Not Being Clear?
Washington Post
Was this a prelude to a major escalation in the South China Sea, or is the Trump administration having trouble articulating its foreign policy?
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01.24.17Donald Trump Could Be Starting a New Cold War With China. But He Has Little Chance of Winning
Time
The new U.S. administration has been testing Beijing with provocative stances on trade, Taiwan and the South China Sea. But starting up a Cold War with China is a highly risky strategy
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01.24.17A U.S.-China Role Switch: Who’s the Globalist Now?
Wall Street Journal
Xi Jinping sees a window as Donald Trump stirs masses with slogans
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01.24.17China Says Hopes Mongolia Learned Lesson after Dalai Lama Visit
Reuters
China said on Tuesday it hopes Mongolia has learned a lesson and will keep a promise not to invite the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama again after his visit in November led to a chill in relations.
China in the World Podcast
01.24.17U.S.-China Relations Following Trump’s Inauguration, Part II
from Carnegie China
As Donald Trump’s inauguration approaches, uncertainty looms over the future of U.S.-China policy. In Part II of this podcast, Paul Haenle spoke with Chen Dingding, an International Relations professor at Jinan University and founding Director of...
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01.23.17China Urges Trump Administration to Grasp Importance of ‘One China’
Reuters
The new U.S. administration must fully understand the importance of the “One China” policy and appreciate that the issue of Taiwan is highly sensitive for the Beijing government, China said on Monday.
Books
01.23.17China as an Innovation Nation
This volume assesses China’s transition to innovation-nation status in terms of social conditions, industry characteristics, and economic impacts over the past three decades, also providing insights into future developments.Defining innovation as the process that generates a higher quality, lower cost product than was previously available, the introductory chapter conceptualizes the theory of an innovation nation and the lessons from Japan and the United States. It outlines the key governance, employment, and investment institutions that China must build for such transition to occur, and examines China’s challenges and strategies to innovate in the era of global production systems. Two succeeding chapters explain the evolving roles of the Chinese state in innovation, and the new landscape of venture capital finance. The remaining chapters provide studies of major industries, which contain analyses of the evolving roles of investment by government agencies and business interests in the process. Included in these studies are traditional industries such as mechanical engineering, railroads, and automobiles; rapidly evolving and internationally highly integrated industries such as information-and-communication-technology (ICT); and newly emerging sectors such as wind and solar energy.Written by leading academics in the field, studies in this volume reveal Chinese innovation as diverse across industries and enterprises and fluid over time. In each sector, we observe continued co-evolution of state policy, market demand, and technology development. The strategies and structures of individual companies and industrial ecosystems are changing rapidly. The sum total of the studies is a great step forward in our understanding of the industrial foundations of China’s attempt to become an innovation nation. —Oxford University Press{chop}
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01.23.17Forget Xi’s ‘Defense’ of Globalization. China Just Fortified the Great Firewall.
Washington Post
Over the weekend, China announced a new, year-long crackdown on “unauthorized Internet connections.”
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01.23.17Diplomat Says China Would Assume World Leadership If Needed
Reuters
China does not want world leadership but could be forced to assume that role if others step back from that position, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Monday
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01.23.17Trump Has the Power to Fight China on Human Rights. Will He Use It?
Guardian
President inherits law originally aimed at Russia that allows him to sanction any official involved in violations—and China activists have put forward a list