Friday, May 25, 2018

China Responds To President Trump's Cancellation Of The Singapore Summit



DW: China urges US, North Korea to remain calm, 'show goodwill'

US President Trump's decision to scrap his planned summit with N. Korean leader Kim Jong Un could hurt Washington's ties to Seoul and damage Trump's credibility and reputation, say Chinese analysts. William Yang reports.

On Thursday, US President Donald Trump surprised the world by announcing his decision to suspend the proposed historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which was scheduled to take place on June 12 in Singapore.

The decision came after officials from both sides exchanged a series of hostile statements, repeatedly threatening to engage each other in a nuclear showdown.

Read more ....

WNU Editor: China .... like South Korea .... were suppose to play a key middle-man role to insure the success of these talks. Clearly that has not worked, and U.S. suspicions on China's role in this collapse are justified. Unfortunately .... and I do not think the Chinese have properly calculated on what is going to happen next .... is that there is going to be blow-back that will be costly to the Chinese .... Collapse of Trump-Kim summit threatens to deepen U.S.-China rift (Reuters)

More News On China Responding To President Trump's Cancellation Of The Singapore Summit

U.S.-North Korea summit needed, Chinese VP Wang says -- Reuters
China urges U.S., North Korea to be patient and meet each other halfway -- Reuters
Ex-US ambassador to China: Beijing is 'very much in the driver's seat' on North Korea -- CNBC
China Urges U.S. And North Korea To Not Give Up On A Summit -- NPR
The North Korea summit crumbled after China lined up against it -- NBC
With summit cancellation, China reclaims strategic influence over North Korea -- Nathan Vander Klippe, Globe and Mail

2 comments:

Unknown said...
This comment has been removed by the author.
jac said...

China is at the worst level of hypocrisy.
Xi ambitions are based on the Obama's America, but this time is finished and he has not the means for his target.