As Japan found out in 2010, countries depend solely or mostly on China as a source of critical materials at their own peril https://t.co/x68FSuTYv4
— Patrick Cronin (@PMCroninHudson) May 22, 2019
You can always count on the Chinese to bust international sanctions:
China has provided rice and fertilizer to North Korea, Chinese data showed Sunday, amid U.N. Security Council (UNSC) sanctions against the North that prohibit any large-scale economic assistance.
According to data from China’s customs office, Beijing provided 1,000 tons of rice, worth about US$1 million, to the impoverished North between May and October of 2018.
The data showed Beijing also provided 162,000 tons of fertilizer, worth more than $55 million, to the North.The shipments of what appears to have been free assistance followed North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s visit to China in March 2018, when he held his first summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Yonhap
You can read more at the link, but China is providing this free aid to a country that purchased $640 million in luxury goods from them.
….of additional goods sent to us by China remain untaxed, but will be shortly, at a rate of 25%. The Tariffs paid to the USA have had little impact on product cost, mostly borne by China. The Trade Deal with China continues, but too slowly, as they attempt to renegotiate. No!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2019
Is China trying to protect local businesses from international competition or does Amazon just suck at selling goods in China as Chinese critics claim?:
Amazon says it is curtailing business operations in China, the world’s biggest retail market, after struggling against better entrenched local players for more than a decade.
VOA News
The company announced recently that as of July 18, it will no longer provide services through its Chinese website, Amazon.cn. The decision means Amazon will stop selling goods from China-based vendors to domestic consumers on the portal. Although it is moving out of the e-retail business in China, Amazon will continue with its cross-border business, bringing foreign brands and goods to China, the company said.
“Their demand for high-quality, authentic goods from around the world continues to grow rapidly, and given our global presence, Amazon is well-positioned to serve them,” the company said.
The announcement has raised questions about the extremely thin presence of foreign companies in internet-related businesses in China, while Chinese companies like Alibaba create market space for themselves across the world.
You can read more at the link.
This cancer in the US will be removed, one #China spy after another. Until we can stabilize the critical situation, we should disengage from China as fast and as completely as we can. This will be unfortunate and will cost our society, but Beijing is leaving us no choice. https://t.co/4AQNDhVNmc
— Gordon G. Chang (@GordonGChang) April 22, 2019
Our enemy China is illegally buying oil from our enemy Iran http://t.co/HCndC36H2Z China loves it!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 22, 2013
Liu Xiaobo choose the right target, and that's why he is now dead. https://t.co/so7EdB5Sym
— Adam Ni 倪凌超 (@adam_ni) April 11, 2019
China will complain that it increasingly being seriously compared directly with Nazi Germany is unfair.
— ImperiumVita (@ImperiumVita) April 4, 2019
But there is an easy way to avoid being compared to Nazi Germany and that's to not act like Nazi Germany. https://t.co/A4J4hsWN5i
Ruling party lawmaker Park Jeong attended the commemoration event for North Korean & Chinese forces buried in Paju, South Korea. But he skipped the commemoration event for the sailors killed from NK's attacks on Cheonan, Yeonpyeong, etc. held only 3 days prior. https://t.co/vpOzhKhCcr
— Tara O (@DrTaraO) April 4, 2019
