Echo Huang & Tripti Lahiri, Quartz: Pence’s aggressive speech just took China-US relations to a whole new level of bad
Less than a year ago, Donald Trump was banqueting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing and toasting “to a friendship that will only grow stronger and stronger in the many years to come.” Now his vice president has pretty much declared China to be be America’s Public Enemy No. 1, bolstering an “us vs. them” narrative that is also spreading in China.
In a speech at a conservative think tank in Washington on Thursday (Oct. 4), Mike Pence raised not just the US’s long-standing gripe against China—the trade deficit—but a host of other criticisms. He said China was interfering in US politics and also using a “whole-of-government” approach to mastermind “the wholesale theft of American technology.”
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 5, 2018
North Korea looks to get China, Russia on side before denuclearization talks with US -- Lee Jeong-Ho, Politico/SCMP
U.S. warns of new hacking spree from group linked to China -- Christopher Bing, Reuters
China, Japan and Trump’s America -- Joseph S. Nye, The Strategist
China Has Designs on Europe. Here Is How Europe Should Respond -- The Economist
John Bolton Ups the Pressure on Iran -- Curt Mills, National Interest
Mali, Algeria, and the uneasy search for peace -- Andrew Lebovich, European Council on Foreign Relations
Duterte creating cracks in his military’s command -- Jason Castaneda, Asia Times
Why is India interested in Russian missile system? -- Isha Bhatia, DW
Pompeo’s Doomed Mission to Pyongyang: The secretary of state is being set up to fail in North Korea. -- Fred Kaplan, Slate
What Happened During Vostok 2018? -- Nicholas J. Myers, RCD
NATO invited the Russians to watch its massive war games because they really want Moscow to get the message -- Ryan Pickrell, Insider
Theresa May’s Long Goodbye -- John O'Sullivan, NRO
A disciple of Brazil's dictatorship moves closer to the presidency -- Brad Brooks, Reuters
The rise and rise of 'Brazil's Donald Trump': What does Jair Bolsonaro's success say about South American democracy? -- Jacqueline Bouf, ABC News Online
US exits international treaties after ICJ ruling -- Alison Tahmizian Meuse, Asia Times
Great Power Politics Are Here to Stay -- Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy
