- Business Insider reports: "After a 12-day trip to Asia in which President Donald Trump stressed his friendship and mutual understanding with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Beijing appears to have crossed Trump on a key issue: North Korea. At every turn during his trip, Trump insisted that the US's goal was North Korea's denuclearization. He stressed the "grave threat" he said the rogue nuclear nation posed to millions in the region and around the world. But China seems to have rejected the idea of denuclearization and instead wants the US to settle for a freeze in North Korea's nuclear program in exchange for a freeze in the US's military drills with South Korea. On Wednesday, Trump said he and Xi 'agreed that we would not accept a so-called freeze-for-freeze agreement like those that have consistently failed in the past.' On Thursday, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang, said a dual suspension, the Chinese's preferred term for the "freeze-for-freeze" deal, was the 'most feasible, fair, and sensible plan in the present situation.' The difference of opinion has gone on for years, with China repeatedly suggesting the dual freeze and the US routinely rejecting it."
New York Times writes that the first time Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime minister, met President Xi Jinping of China, the body language told the story. Mr. Xi looked dour and stiff, turning away from Mr. Abe with pursed lips, as if someone had forced him into it after months of escalating tensions between their two nations. In the years since, relations have improved but the two leaders have always kept at a distance. This past weekend, they met again on the sidelines of a regional summit meeting in Vietnam. This time, they shook hands and Mr. Xi flashed a grin. It was a sign, the Japanese news media suggested, of a potentially momentous shift in the region, with two longtime adversaries drawing closer as the United States under President Trump has created unease among allies about the role the United States will take in the region.To compensate, Japan and China are inching toward a possible reconciliation as they recognize the altered dynamics around the Pacific Rim...In gesturing toward a new friendliness, Japan is motivated in part by the recognition that as the United States retreats, it needs stronger trade with China. Having watched Mr. Trump heap praise on Mr. Xi in Beijing last week, Japan is also propelled by fear that the United States may develop a closer rapport with China that would exclude Japan. And as China seeks to strengthen its power, it realizes it may have more success exerting authority in the region with Japan as less of a rival. At the same time, Mr. Trump's visit showed China that the United States is unlikely to get in its way, allowing a more confident Mr. Xi to be more generous toward Japan.
- The Atlantic comments, there are few signs that Washington has the political appetite to compete with the kinds of investments China has been making around the world. The most visible aspect of Beijing's ambition to extend its economic and political influence around the world is the Belt and Road initiative, a massive infrastructure plan that aims to connect China to its Asian neighbors and farther afield..."The Chinese are good at marrying market needs with geopolitical goals," Daniel Kliman, the senior fellow in the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, told me. "It's a mistake to underestimate China's ability," he added...Ultimately, while America and its allies figure out a coherent response to Belt and Road, China has a singular advantage: It is offering the countries where it is investing a vision for the future. In a sense, through Belt and Road, it seeks to replicate what it has done within its own borders for the past three decades—investments that have helped lift more than 700 million people out of poverty and into the middle class.
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- 2017-11-10 China's Xi preaches 'openness' and 'cooperation' after Trump comes out swinging
- 2017-11-09 Trump trades barbs for flattery in gambit to win over China
- 2017-11-08 Trump, in China, Seeks Help on North Korea
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- Business Insider China appears to have crossed Trump on North Korea
- The New York Times Seeing U.S. in Retreat Under Trump, Japan and China Move to Mend Ties
- CNBC China builds world's fastest wind tunnel to test weapons that could strike US within 14 minutes
- CNN VW has a $12 billion plan for electric cars in China
- The Guardian Believe in socialism not sorcery, China tells party members
- The New York Times Goldman Sachs's China Deal Prompts Questions About Country's U.S. Investment
- Quartz China's bike-sharing startups are heading for marriage or death
- The Guardian Zimbabwe army chief's trip to China last week raises questions on coup
- BBC News Alibaba's Jack Ma slips to third in China rich list
- CNBC China is 'a gift that keeps giving,' says Morgan Stanley CEO
- Tech Crunch China's Baidu just announced the strangest smart speakers
- The Atlantic Why the West Should Take China's Belt and Road Initiative Seriously
- The Diplomat Parsing Trump's Recent Policy Statements on the South China Sea
- Wall Street Journal Trump's South China Sea Message
- CNBC Chinese investors are stealthily pouring money into India
- The New York Times Why China Wants to Lead on Climate, but Clings to Coal (for Now)
- The Washington Post President Trump reminds UCLA basketball players of life's 'pitfalls' upon return from China