Trump wants to inflict more trade pain; Xi's southern tour and soothing words; Officials try to stabilize markets and instill confidence; Wang Qishan goes to Israel
Trump wants to inflict more trade pain; Xi's southern tour and soothing words; Officials try to stabilize markets and instill confidence; Wang Qishan goes to Israel
Xi Jinping has arrived in Guangdong for what some seem to be hoping will be a New Era version of Deng Xiaoping's 1992 Southern Tour that unleashed a new wave of reform following nearly three years of repressive policies in the aftermath of June 4, 1989. It is a lot harder to unleash reform now than it was 26 years ago so consider me wary of the coming propaganda onslaught.
Trump wants to inflict more trade pain; Xi's southern tour and soothing words; Officials try to stabilize markets and instill confidence; Wang Qishan goes to Israel
Well I should note that Taiwan's election looks like it's going to be a pretty bad loss for the ruling party in a month, it would be weird if the US play up Tsai only to have her losing reelection in 2020 (if the current polls hold, the DPP would lose out on nearly half their local governor seats and be in a worse position than Ma was after 2014. )
Of course, US cross-strait policy is generally independent of what's actually happening in Taiwan, but ignoring Taiwan's own initiative and political trends is probably going to burn a lot of people eventually.
Trump wants to inflict more trade pain; Xi's southern tour and soothing words; Officials try to stabilize markets and instill confidence; Wang Qishan goes to Israel
Well I should note that Taiwan's election looks like it's going to be a pretty bad loss for the ruling party in a month, it would be weird if the US play up Tsai only to have her losing reelection in 2020 (if the current polls hold, the DPP would lose out on nearly half their local governor seats and be in a worse position than Ma was after 2014. )
Of course, US cross-strait policy is generally independent of what's actually happening in Taiwan, but ignoring Taiwan's own initiative and political trends is probably going to burn a lot of people eventually.