Media Report
- The Daily Beast reports: "Both President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have landed in Singapore for their historic meeting Tuesday, and rarely has a summit been as unscripted as this one. "I have a clear objective, but I have to say—it's going to be something that will always be spur of the moment," Donald Trump said Saturday, talking about the possibility of reaching an agreement with North Korea to turn over nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles and dismantle weapons infrastructure... The Tuesday summit, despite everything, could be a history-making success for the U.S. In addition to disarming Kim, Trump is apparently thinking of getting the young dictator to ditch his longtime Chinese sponsors. A realignment in North Asia could be Trump's opening shot in a multi-decade struggle with Beijing. Call it this century's version of the Cold War."
CNN reports: "As the G7 summit ended with deep divisions over trade, another meeting of global powers was going a lot more smoothly. President Donald Trump refused to endorse a joint communique with America's closest allies as the Quebec summit ended in chaos, in stark contrast to the carefully choreographed meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in China. While Trump clashed over tariffs with other G7 leaders like Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, China orchestrated an agreed statement on trade and security between the countries attending its summit in the city of Qingdao. The language of the statement, which "stressed the importance of ... consistently strengthening and developing the multilateral trade system," echoed recent talking points of Chinese President Xi Jinping, who has sought to cast himself as the defender of global free trade."
- CNBC reports: "Contract manufacturer Foxconn said on Sunday it is investigating a plant in China that makes devices for Amazon.com Inc, after a U.S. watchdog group criticized what it described as harsh working conditions at the factory. A 94-page report by New York-based China Labor Watch that followed a nine-month investigation cited excessive hours, low wages, inadequate training and an over-reliance on "dispatch" or temporary workers in violation of Chinese law at the Hengyang Foxconn plant in Hunan province, which makes Echo Dot smart speakers and Kindle e-readers."
Calendar
- 2018-06-10 China, Russia Solidify Growing Eastern Bloc as Trump Rattles G-7
- 2018-06-08 US expands China health alert after acoustic incident
- 2018-06-07 A Medical Mystery Grows as U.S. Consulate Workers in China Fall Ill
- 2018-06-06 What Facebook Shared With Chinese Hardware Companies: DealBook Briefing
- 2018-06-05 A Trump-Kim Deal Could Send China’s Trade With North Korea Soaring
- 2018-06-04 June 12 could be a big date for US-China ties — and not because of North Korea
- 2018-06-03 US, China End Latest Trade Talks Without Settlement
- 2018-06-01 Chinese stocks make symbolic debut on widely followed index
- 2018-05-31 US admiral says China is Asia's biggest long-term threat
- 2018-05-30 China says it will protect its interests from 'reckless' US trade threats
News
- CNN G7 chaos is a PR win for China
- CNBC Foxconn says investigating labor conditions at China factory used for Amazon
- The Daily Beast Singapore Summit: Will Trump Steal Kim Jong Un Away From China?
- Bloomberg China, Russia Cementing Rising Eastern Bloc as Trump Rattles G-7
- The Washington Post China is finally ending the one-child policy. It can't happen soon enough.
- BBC News 'The week that changed the world': How China prepared for Nixon
- The Wall Street Journal China Sets 'Red Line' for U.S. Ceremony in Taiwan
- Bloomberg Amazon Blasted Over China Echo Factory Conditions
- Financial Times US-China: Why Taiwan is back on the agenda
- CNN The kingdom that China just can't flip
Commentary
- Foreign Affairs North Korea Is Ultimately China's Problem
- The Economist How Chinese students exercise free speech abroad
- Forbes China Has A Solution To One Of Modi's Problems
- Bloomberg Privacy Is a Key to Unlock China's U.S. Deals
- The Wall Street Journal How a Powerful Spy Camera Invented at Duke Ended Up in China's Hands
- Bloomberg China's Master Plan: Exporting an Ideology
- CNBC Trump is getting nowhere with Europe and China on widening trade deficits
- Bloomberg China's Master Plan: A Global Military Threat
- CNBC The US-North Korea summit may help decide a trade war with China: Jack Ablin
- Bloomberg China's Richer Than It Thinks