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12.20.16Drone Diplomacy
Vice News
Trump's tweets at China over a drone are intensifying an already strained relationship
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12.20.16Chinese Navy Returns Seized Underwater Drone to U.S.
New York Times
A Chinese vessel returned the submersible drone to a United States Navy ship in international waters off the Philippines, near where it was taken
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12.20.16China’s State Media Has Been Mocking Donald Trump’s ‘Unpresidented’ Tweet
Time
"Trump is not behaving as a President who will become master of the White House in a month"
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12.20.16U.S. Demands Return of Drone Seized by Chinese Warship
New York Times
The episode threatens to increase tensions in a region already fraught with great-power rivalries
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12.20.16China to Return Seized U.S. Drone, Says Washington 'Hyping Up' Incident
Reuters
The drone incident has raised fresh concerns about China's increased military presence and aggressive posture in the energy-rich South China Sea
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12.20.16Donald Trump Accuses China of 'Unpresidented' Act Over US Navy Drone
Guardian
President-elect makes spelling error in belligerent early morning tweet; China says ‘hyping up’ of issue is not helpful but agrees return of vehicle
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12.20.16President Obama Says Donald Trump Should Deal Cautiously With Taiwan, China
Wall Street Journal
President warns successor to think through the consequences of his actions
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12.20.16Where Trump Does (and Doesn’t) Have Leverage with China
Harvard Business Review
Trump must keep his trade demands on Beijing specific and legitimate. The question is, does he have the discipline?
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12.20.16Trump Aide Plays Down Prospect of Upending 'One China' Policy
CNBC
Trump aide Reince Priebus: "We are not suggesting that we're revisiting 'one China' policy right now,"
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12.19.16Trump’s and Xi’s Differences Magnify Uncertainties Between U.S. and China
New York Times
Both came to power vowing to restore their nations to greatness...but that's where the similarities end
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12.19.16China Says Trump’s Description of Drone Seizure as Theft is ‘Inaccurate’
Wall Street Journal
U.S., China militaries in smooth communication over drone, Chinese Foreign Ministry says
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12.19.16As Trump Tweets, China Quietly Weights Options to Retaliate
Bloomberg
China’s leaders are biting their tongues as U.S. President-elect Trump uses Twitter to rattle relations between the world’s biggest economies
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12.16.16Finding Balance in the US-China Relationship
Diplomat
As Donald Trump ascends to the Oval Office, he must recognize the larger vision required to see clearly at the height of power
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12.16.16Tibetan Leader Urges Trump to Confront China on Rights
Reuters
The head of the Tibetan government-in-exile said he was encouraged by Trump’s tough stand on China
Viewpoint
12.15.16
The Missing Topic in Trump’s Tough Talk on China
President-elect Donald Trump’s rhetoric suggests he will push China on many issues, not just one. Some observers have held on to the hope that his phone call with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, his burst of anti-China tweets, and his most recent...
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12.15.16Taiwan is Both Exhilarated and Unnerved by Trump’s China’s Remarks
New York Times
What does it mean for one’s homeland to be put on the table by Mr. Trump, in negotiations with China’s leaders, who are not known for making concessions easily?
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12.14.16For China’s State Media, Trump Victory Can’t Cure the ‘American Disease’
New York Times
China’s ruling elite seems to be consoling itself with the idea that Trump will take charge of a country staggering into decline and disunion
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12.14.16GM China Reportedly Under Antitrust Investigation: A Warning for Trump?
Forbes
The surprising report of an investigation of GM comes suspiciously close to President-elect Trump’s incendiary recent comments on Taiwan
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12.14.16‘Friends Forever’? China Wary of Rex Tillerson Wooing Away Russia
Guardian
Trump will have close ties to Moscow via its Secretary of State, but relations with Beijing are frosty. Could Sino-Russian ties be under threat?
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12.13.16China’s Richest Man Threat to Trump ’Should Things Be Handled Poorly’
Quartz
Wang Jianlin says 20,000 American jobs and $10 billion in investment are at stake
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12.13.16If Donald Trump Pushes, How China Could Push Back
New York Times
Here are five ways the Chinese could make life difficult for a Trump administration
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12.12.16Beijing Concerned by Trump Questioning ‘One China’ Policy on Taiwan
Wall Street Journal
President-elect Donald Trump questioned U.S. support for the idea that mainland China and Taiwan are part of ‘one China’
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12.12.16Trump Says China is Not a Market Economy. Here’s Why That is a Big Deal
Washington Post
In 2001, in China’s view, the U.S. promised it would treat the Asian country as a “market economy” starting in December 2016. Trump has a different idea.
Viewpoint
12.09.16
I Think That Chinese Official Really Liked Me!
“Friendship” is everywhere in China, at least when it comes to dealing with foreigners. International societies are friendship associations. The stores once accessible only to foreign currency holders were called Friendship Stores. Provincial cities...
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12.09.16I Think That Chinese Official Really Liked Me!
Foreign Policy
Trump's pick for U.S. Ambassador to Beijing is apparently 'old friends' with President Xi Jinping. That will mean very little.
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12.08.16How a Midwest Governor Rose to Become America’s Top Official in China
South China Morning Post
Trump administration hopes Terry Branstad’s long-standing friendship with Xi Jinping will smooth often-strained ties between the two nations
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12.08.16What Taiwan’s Leader Sees in Donald Trump
New Yorker
Taiwanese President Tsai's call to President-elect Trump, which riled both Washington and Beijing, suggests a hidden streak of boldness
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12.07.16Trump Picks Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad as Beijing Ambassador
Washington Post
Branstad has extensive ties to China and a personal friendship with Chinese President Xi Jinping
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12.07.16Taiwan Feels Forgotten. But Not By Trump.
New York Times
Despite facing a sober future, Taiwanese will continue to celebrate what they see as an overdue recognition of their hard-won existence
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12.06.16China’s Currency Didn’t Really Drop, Despite Jitters Over Trump
New York Times
Early Tuesday it appeared the RMB had suddenly fallen more than 8%, but no deliberate devaluation took place. Instead, the culprit was a technical problem
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12.06.16In China, Trump-Style Infrastructure Partnerships are Used to Hide Debt
Wall Street Journal
To pay for a highway project, Wenling’s government teamed up with Bank of China to create an ‘industrial fund’ that pulls in money from ordinary investors
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12.06.16Trump’s China Tweets are Just Tough Talk
Guardian
A trade war would be damaging for the US, and the president-elect is likely to need Beijing’s help with North Korea. Wait until he’s in office
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12.06.16A China Economist Told Us How China Could Hurt the US in a Trade War
Business Insider
BI caught up with Gene Ma, IIF's Chief Economist, to ask him some questions about where the Chinese economy is going in the age of Trump
Conversation
12.05.16
Should Washington Recalibrate Relations with Taipei?
On Friday, Donald Trump shocked the China-watching world when news broke that he had spoken on the phone to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen. The call was remarkable not for its content—Tsai’s office said she told Trump she hoped the United States “...
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12.05.16Through Climate Change Denial, We’re Ceding Global Leadership to China
Los Angeles Times
Remember when China was the climate change outcast? What a difference a few years — and an election — can make
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12.05.16After the Call: Does Taiwan Have a Plan for the Trump Years?
Diplomat
What is Taiwan looking for from Donald Trump?
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12.05.16China Says Trump Clear About Taiwan, in Touch with His Team
Reuters
"The whole world knows about the Chinese government's position on the Taiwan issue. I think President-elect Trump and his team are also clear"
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12.05.16How China Could React to Trump’s Taunts: Best Case to Worst Case Scenarios
Quartz
In the wake of #TaiwanFreakout and the latest Twitter-storm, here’s a range of things Beijing could do, from the shrug-worthy to the downright terrifying
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12.02.16China Seizes Opening in U.S. Backyard as Trump Upends Policy
Bloomberg
As Trump weighs plans to tear up trade deals and deport illegal migrants from Latin America, China's Xi is moving swiftly to reset relations in America’s backyard
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11.30.16Michael Flynn, a Top Trump Adviser, Ties China and North Korea to Islamists
New York Times
Flynn believes China and N. Korea are allied with militant Islamists bent on imposing their religious ideology worldwide
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11.28.16China Cites ’The Art of War’ as Trump Signals Trade Battle
Bloomberg
You can kill 1,000 enemies, but you would also lose 800 soldiers
China in the World Podcast
11.23.16
U.S.-China Trade Relations in the Trump Era
from Carnegie China
Donald Trump’s election injects greater uncertainty, and potentially increased contention, into the trade and investment relationship between the United States and China. In this podcast, Paul Haenle spoke with Claire Reade, a senior associate with...
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11.23.16China is Poised to Benefit from Trump’s Ambiguous Africa Policy
Huffington Post
By neglecting to propose a clear approach toward the continent, the future U.S. president may end up boosting Beijing
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11.23.16Dalai Lama Says He Will Visit Trump in Move Bound to Anger China
Reuters
"I think there are some problems to go to United States, so I will go to see the new president," the Dalai Lama told reporters, without elaborating
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11.23.16China Touts its Own Trade Pact as U.S.-Backed One Withers
Wall Street Journal
Nations begin to coalesce around China-led trade group after Trump reiterates plan to withdraw from TPP
Viewpoint
11.22.16
Making China Great Again
China loomed large in Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. He accused the country of stealing American jobs and manipulating its currency for trade advantage. He famously tweeted that global warming was a concept created by the Chinese to “make U.S...
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11.22.16Will Trump’s Love of Deals Work With China?
Wall Street Journal
A president known for deal-making could change the landscape in East Asia
Conversation
11.21.16
Will China Take the Lead on Climate Change?
At a time when the world is looking to China and the United States, the leading emitters of greenhouse gasses, to cooperate under the terms of the Paris Climate Change Agreement of 2015, will China now take the lead in fighting climate change?
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11.21.16As Trump Tweets about SNL and Hamilton, China’s Xi Embraces a New, Powerful Role
Quartz
Trump’s talk of increasing trade barriers and disdain for global organizations and agreements could create a more isolationist US, leaving China to fill the gap
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11.21.16A Retreat from TPP Would Empower China
New York Times
China will take full advantage of the American shift to press its own trade vision--the Beijing-backed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
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11.21.16Trans-Pacific Partnership Failure May be China’s Gain, Asia’s Loss
South China Morning Post
Many Asian economies will benefit less under a China-led trade pact than they would have done under the now-doomed TPP, analysts argue
Features
11.18.16
Chinese and American City-Dwellers Differ on Trump Win
City-dwellers in China and the United States are among the greatest beneficiaries of the international trade deals President-elect Trump says he’s against, but the two groups responded differently to the outcome of the U.S. election, and the...
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11.18.16China’s Trump Prepares for His Close-up
New York Times
Spray tans and hair dye: the transformation of a retired music professor into China's Trump impersonator
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11.18.16A China-America Romance?
Economist
After the wildest political upsets this year, here’s a prediction for next: China will deem its relations with America to be entering something of a golden period
Caixin Media
11.18.16
Is the Trump Victory a Blow to Globalization?
The 2016 U.S. presidential election ended with the surprise victory of property mogul Donald J. Trump. An outsider without a political track record, Trump defied predictions by most polls, pundits, and political observers when he defeated Hillary...
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11.17.16China Tells Trump Climate Change is Not a Hoax
Washington Post
Trump’s Twitter claim that China created the “concept of global warming” to undermine U.S. manufacturing has elicited a response from the Chinese government
China in the World Podcast
11.16.16
Electing Donald Trump: The View from China
from Carnegie China
Donald Trump’s election in the 2016 U.S. presidential race ushers in a period of considerable uncertainty in regard to the future of U.S. policies in the Asia-Pacific and vis-à-vis its relationship with China. In this podcast, Paul Haenle spoke with...
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11.15.16Trump May Push African Countries Away From America and Closer to China
Quartz
The idea of the US as the guardian of liberal values against powers like China might now be upended
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11.15.16U.S. Workers to Lose in China Trade War
Wall Street Journal
Some of Donald Trump’s strongest supporters would be hit if he makes good on tariff pledges
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11.14.16Trump, China’s Xi Set Tone of “Mutual Respect” in Phone Call
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Trump’s campaign was marked by heated rhetoric targeting China, but in a phone call, the leaders agreed cooperation was key