Beijing appeals to people of Chinese descent in other countries, notably Singapore, to forge stronger ties to the People’s Republic of China. By @Amyyqin https://t.co/GeCf4rblSe
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The Singapore summit statement is essentially aspirational: no definitions of denuclearization, no timelines, no details as to verification. What is most troubling about all this is that the US gave up something tangible, namely, US-RoK military exercises, in exchange.
When asked about the ability of the US to "blow apart" one of China's artificial islands, Lt. Gen. McKenzie (director of US Joint Staff) said, "I would just tell you that the United States military has had a lot of experience in the Western Pacific taking down small islands." Wow https://t.co/mWxhaMBglP
Japan is almost certain to feel #FOMO in ongoing talks on the Korean Peninsula, because remember in 1972 Nixon went to China without informing Tokyo? https://t.co/ltpfBm1nrx
Mahathir announced 5 things:
1. SPR has informed PKR they have simple majority in parliament
2. Palace called PKR president for audience
3. He will be sworn in as PM
4. Wan Azizah to be Deputy PM
5. Pardon for Anwar Ibrahim
@501Awani#PilihanMalaysia#malaysiamemilih2018
Ok, bottom-line up front: The reporting has been mostly hot garbage -- except the @JNBPage story. The mountain did not collapse and there is no evidence that it is unusable. I checked an image from @planetlabs dated April 25. The mountain is still there. 😀 1/8
I shadowed Shen Yue, a "programmer motivator" who massages her male programmer colleagues and chats with them to ease their stress. She loves her job. https://t.co/GVCq3Kngwc
For the first time in decades (& shortly after Xi was allowed to rule for life), people have been allowed by the PRC gov. to leave flowers, signs, etc. at the grave of Mao’s wife Jiang Qing who was the leader of the infamous “Gang of Four.” https://t.co/zGdNyJ3a1L
Up to this point, China has clearly tried to leave itself an out to negotiate with Trump. But if he keeps raising the stakes so publicly, they will conclude he is bent on humiliating China, and the political cost of being seen to bend to him will rise. This happened with Mexico.
These are the 6 things Chinese people should know about the Sino-US trade war, according to the Communist Youth League. No 1: this 'attack' can be compared to the Japanese invasion of China. Read: https://t.co/fwawiot3vD
#Japan's response reflects the lesson it has learned from the Sino-US rapprochement in the 1970s, after Washington failed to inform its ally before making the historic decision https://t.co/UZpPbhoqsN
Japan is scrambling to remain diplomatically relevant as President Trump moderates his tone in preparation for a possible meeting with Kim Jong-un, and South Korea takes the lead in brokering talks https://t.co/kM9dtzJ6ey
PS: To be clear -- we need to talk to North Korea. But Kim is not inviting Trump so that he can surrender North Korea's weapons. Kim is inviting Trump to demonstrate that his investment in nuclear and missile capabilities has forced the United States to treat him as an equal.
'It is counterproductive for the US to take evident pride in an attribution of a major #cyberattack that it at the same time concedes it lacks the tools to retaliate against or deter' #CyberSecurity https://t.co/pbVnd9ihfm