China bureau chief @WSJ. Formerly of Korea, New York, Hong Kong bureaus. Author of KOREAN MESSIAH (Alfred A. Knopf), out now. koreanmessiah.com
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The Jerusalem of the East: When Billy Graham Visited Pyongyang—From Jonathan Cheng’s Cundill Prize-Shortlisted Korean Messiah
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Xi’s aim, Chinese policy advisers say, is to coax Trump into expressing clearer opposition to Taiwanese independence, further narrowing the space for Taiwan to resist. China’s Foreign Ministry has called Taiwan “the core of China’s core interests.”
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Only when the party chairmanship race opened last year did she emerge as a leading figure in Taiwan’s opposition. Her shifting positions makes her useful to Beijing, some observers say, suggesting she is driven more by ambition than a firm ideology.
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“Xi likely sees Cheng as his best chance to move the KMT in a more overtly pro-China direction,” said @DavidMSacks1, a Taiwan analyst at @CFR_org who has met with Cheng in Taipei and New York.”
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China’s Panda Diplomacy Is Losing Its Clout With the U.S.—In a summit with few clear results, the loan is a reminder of an older era of Chinese diplomacy
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Xi said the bears would soon arrive at the Atlanta zoo, in the latest revival of “panda diplomacy,” a hallmark of U.S.-China ties since Richard Nixon began normalizing relations in the 1970s. Giant pandas, however, don’t carry the weight they once did.
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Half a century ago, the bears brought to the U.S. a cuddly image of a China then seen to embody stark authoritarianism. Today, Americans know much more about China, while Beijing’s technological, economic and military advances are seen by many as threats.
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Deep Divides and Missed Deals Cloud Trump-Xi Visit—After getting heckled outside by protesters, Xi slipped inside the White House for a state dinner where guests asked for photographs
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In Beijing in May, U.S. executives traveling with Trump, including Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Apple’s Tim Cook, met Chinese Premier Li Qiang. Chinese officials, anticipating reciprocity, wanted to know which American officials their executives could see.
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U.S. officials didn’t clarify, suggesting reciprocal treatment was meant for leaders, not necessarily executives. As the dinner approached, at least four senior executives from leading Chinese companies traveled to the U.S. just in case, the person said.
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