“The assumption was that as China grew, and the W.T.O. moved to a new regime, China would quickly cut its tariffs — like its 25 percent tax on car imports, compared with the 2.5 percent tariff imposed by the U.S. But the W.T.O. still has not completed a new trade round and China has refused …
Opinion | The U.S. and China Are Finally Having It Out – by Thomas Friedman – NYT Read More »
November 11, 2017 “There could scarcely be a more explicit offer of China as an alternative, single-party, authoritarian model to the liberal democratic system of the United States (of which Trump has been such a feeble advocate). China is now “actively pursuing almost an ideological competition with the United States,” said Yun Sun, a senior …
Opinion | China Has Donald Trump Just Where It Wants Him – by Roger Cohen – NYT Read More »
By Ian Johnson Oct. 13, 2017 查看简体中文版查看繁體中文版 “BEIJING — Two weeks after taking China’s top office in November 2012, Xi Jinping took part in what seemed like a throwaway photo op. He took his top lieutenants to the newly renovated National Museum of China, a vast hall stuffed with relics of China’s glorious past: terra-cotta soldiers …
Xi Jinping and China’s New Era of Glory – By Ian Johnson – NYT Read More »