Dotard dream that everyone like Ah Nuke Xi & Iran will have meeting with him, to fulfill his MADNESS EGO! All must ignore him - except IMH!

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The only correct game with Dotard is to NOT MEET HIM, Don't TALK TO HIM. Declare that there will be only Trade War and no talk as long as Dotard is in White House. Make it the factor that Americans and west all be deeply divided and focused to fix Dotard. Dotard's Big Ego what to show the world that he is the key main global player in control of everything and everyoen have to talk to him and make deal with him. Precisely this is what you must DENY HIM OFF! Talk to everyone else but him! That is the correct antidote to fix his madness and ego!


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白宮顧問料美中元首下月會面 貿易爭拗升級雙方均損失


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美國白宮經濟顧問庫德洛說，美中貿易爭拗升級，雙方都蒙受損失，又說美方對中國輸往美國的貨品，加徵關稅，但假如認為中國會就範，將會是錯誤的想法。
庫德洛說任何從中國進口到美國的貨品，涉及的關稅最終只會由美國企業承擔，並最終轉嫁美國消費者。不過，他認為美國針對中國的關稅措施，將打擊中國經濟，因為會減少美國對中國貨品的需求。他預期兩國領袖「很大可能」在下月底的二十國集團大阪峰會會面。
內地《人民日報》發表評論員文章，批評美方在經貿磋商中出爾反爾，進行極限施壓，為談判蒙上陰影，目前談判未有結果，美方要負全責。文章強調中國不想打貿易戰，但不怕打。


White House consultants expect US and Chinese heads of state to meet next month
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US White House economic adviser Kudlow said that the US-China trade dispute has escalated and both sides have suffered losses. They also said that the US side imposes tariffs on goods exported from China to the United States. However, if China believes that China will follow the example, it will be a wrong idea.

Kudlow said that any tariffs imported from China to the United States will ultimately be borne by US companies and eventually passed on to American consumers. However, he believes that US tariff measures against China will hit the Chinese economy because it will reduce US demand for Chinese goods. He expects the leaders of the two countries to "very likely" to meet at the G20 summit in Osaka at the end of next month.

The mainland "People's Daily" published a commentator's article, criticizing the US side in the economic and trade consultations, and exerting extreme pressure to cast a shadow over the negotiations. At present, the negotiations have not yielded results, and the US side must take full responsibility. The article emphasizes that China does not want to fight trade, but is not afraid to fight.


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Trump, Xi could meet next month on trade: White House aide

US President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping could meet in June 2019 on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Japan for trade talks, says a top White House aide. (AFP/MANDEL NGAN, NICOLAS ASFOURI)

13 May 2019 07:37AM
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping could meet next month on the sidelines of the G20 summit to hash out their differences on trade, but no new talks are scheduled, White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said on Sunday (May 12).
The world's top two economies ended two days of negotiations in Washington on Friday with no deal. While making it clear that the US was unwilling to settle, Kudlow sought to tamp down concerns, insisting the process was ongoing.


"We need to see something much clearer and until we do, we have to keep our tariffs on," Kudlow said in an interview on "Fox News Sunday," adding: "We can't accept any backtracking."
As for future negotiations, while there are "no concrete, definite plans yet," Kudlow said China had invited Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to Beijing - and higher-level discussions could be on the cards.
The chances of Trump and Xi meeting during the Group of 20 summit in Japan in late June "are probably pretty good," the top White House aide said.
The G20 summit is scheduled to take place in Osaka on Jun 28-29.


Trump had accused Beijing of reneging on its commitments in trade talks and ordered new punitive duties, which took effect Friday, on US$200 billion worth of Chinese imports, raising them to 25 per cent from 10 per cent.
He then ordered a tariff hike on almost all remaining imports - US$300 billion worth, according to Lighthizer - from China.
NO TIMETABLE YET
But Kudlow insisted it would be months before such punitive measures, following a period of public comment, and that there was still time to negotiate, though he refused to "put a timetable" on how long Trump was willing to wait.
"We have to change the trading relationship between two countries for the benefit of the United States and its workforce and its ranchers and farmers and so forth. We have to do this," Kudlow said. "The relationship has been too unbalanced."
In his own comments on Saturday, Trump struck a more belligerent tone, urging China that it would be "wise for them to act now."
"They know I am going to win ... and the deal will become far worse for them if it has to be negotiated in my second term," Trump tweeted.
While supporters laud Trump as a tough negotiator, free-trade-minded Republicans have warned that the tariffs could do real damage to the economy, and many farmers - including Trump supporters - say the tariffs have hit their bottom line.
Kudlow said he believed any damage to the US economy would be far less than predicted, and that it was a risk "we should and can take."
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Business China says will 'never surrender' as US trade row heats up

The world's two largest economies have engaged in a tit-for-tat tariff war. (Photo: AFP/Fred Dufour)

13 May 2019 04:15PM (Updated: 13 May 2019 06:00PM)
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BEIJING: China will never surrender to external pressure, the government said on Monday (May 13), though it stopped short of announcing how Beijing will hit back after Washington renewed its threat to impose tariffs on all Chinese imports in an escalating trade dispute.
The trade war between the world's top two economies jumped up a gear on Friday, with the United States hiking tariffs on US$200 billion worth of Chinese goods after President Donald Trump said Beijing "broke the deal" by reneging on earlier commitments made during months of negotiations.

READ: Trump orders tariff hike on remaining Chinese imports
Trump also ordered US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to begin imposing tariffs on all remaining imports from China, a move that would affect about an additional US$300 billion worth of goods.
Beijing has vowed to respond to the latest US tariffs, but has announced no details yet.
"As for the details, please continue to pay attention. Copying a US expression - wait and see," foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a daily news briefing.


"We have said many times that adding tariffs won't resolve any problem. China will never surrender to external pressure. We have the confidence and the ability to protect our lawful and legitimate rights," Geng added, responding to a question on Trump's threat of putting duties on all Chinese imports.
READ: Trump's China trade stance has political risks as he seeks re-election

State media also kept up a steady drumbeat of strongly-worded commentary on Monday, reiterating that China's door to talks was always open, but vowing to defend the country's interests and dignity.
"At no time will China forfeit the country's respect, and no one should expect China to swallow bitter fruit that harms its core interests," China's top newspaper, the ruling Communist Party's official People's Daily, said in a commentary.
State television said in a separate commentary that the effect on the Chinese economy from the US tariffs was "totally controllable".
"It's no big deal. China is bound to turn crisis to opportunity and use this to test its abilities, to make the country even stronger."
READ: US-China relations have entered a new and more fractious phase, a commentary
Ahead of talks last week, China wanted to delete commitments from a draft agreement that Chinese laws would be changed to enact new policies on issues from intellectual property protection to forced technology transfers. That move dealt negotiations to resolve the trade dispute a major setback.
Trump has since defended the tariff hike and said he was in "absolutely no rush" to finalise a deal.
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Sunday that there was a "strong possibility" Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at a G20 summit in Japan in late June.
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China must specify that Dotard is a Zero Reliance Character, and hence definitely will NEVER sign any agreement with Dotard. Won't waste time to talk to him either. It is proven repeatedly no point to prove it again. No talk! No meeting! Just MAX TRADE WAR! Because he IS A WORLD RECOGNIZED DOTARD! 只有傻子才跟疯子谈判!

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新华社评论员：无惧风雨，砥砺前行
2019-05-12 22:48:22 来源： 新华网

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新华社北京5月12日电 题：无惧风雨，砥砺前行
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这段时间，在全世界目光的聚焦下，中美经贸磋商出现了令人印象深刻的一幕幕：第十一轮中美经贸高级别磋商前夕，面临加征关税威胁，中方代表团依然顶着压力赴美谈判，以最大诚意和责任担当推动问题解决；磋商期间，美方对2000亿美元中国输美商品加征的关税从10%升至25%；面对美方此举，中方强烈反对，明确表示将不得不采取必要反制措施。
是非自有曲直，公道自在人心。美方无视中方富有诚意的态度和行动，出尔反尔、极限施压，导致磋商未果，这是美方推行贸易霸凌主义的结果，责任完全在美方。无论面临多大压力，中方都坚决捍卫国家核心利益和人民根本利益，在重大原则问题上决不让步。同时，中方始终本着相互尊重、平等互利的精神，敞开协商与合作的大门，努力推动中美经贸问题的解决沿着正确方向前进。
回顾过去一年多来，美方单方面挑起并持续升级中美贸易摩擦，极大损害了两国多年来培养的经贸关系，也给世界经济带来拖累。正确认识中美经贸摩擦，要放到中美关系发展的历程中来看待。建交40年来，中美两国关系风雨兼程向前行，反复印证着：中美两国合则两利、斗则俱伤，合作是双方唯一正确的选择。贸易战解决不了问题，只会损人害己，极限施压更会让磋商之路越走越窄。美国经济分析人士发出警告，一旦美方挑起全面贸易战，全球经济到2020年可能损失高达4700亿美元。法新社援引世界贸易咨询公司的研究报道说，将加征关税税率提高到25%会导致美国一家四口每年开支平均增加767美元，并威胁到近100万个就业机会。加征关税、升级贸易摩擦，不利于中国人民，不利于美国人民，也不利于世界人民，同时不利于解决双边经贸问题，必然不得人心、受到各方反对。通过平等协商解决中美贸易不平衡问题，才是唯一正确出路。国与国之间难免会存在一些分歧，但只要双方相互理解、相互尊重、聚同化异，就能不断促进互利双赢。
当今世界正处于百年未有之大变局，面对治理赤字、信任赤字、和平赤字、发展赤字等严峻挑战，面对人类发展在十字路口何去何从的抉择，各国应该有以天下为己任的担当精神，共享发展机遇、共创美好未来。建设一个持久和平、普遍安全、共同繁荣、开放包容、清洁美丽的世界，迈向人类命运共同体，是人类的出路所在、希望所在。
不经历风雨，怎能见彩虹？中国发展之路，从来都不是一帆风顺的。新中国70年的奋斗历程深刻昭示，只要我们自己有信心有底气，什么困难都不怕，什么坎都能迈过去。“殷忧启圣，多难兴邦”，在大国发展的过程中，出现一些曲折是好事，可以检验我们的能力，更可以磨砺意志、锤炼本领，赢得更好的未来。面对风险挑战，新时代的中国将坚定不移深化改革开放，坚定不移推动构建人类命运共同体，沉着冷静、淡定从容地砥砺前行。
我们的信心，源于中国发展的深厚实力与巨大潜力。以习近平同志为核心的党中央的坚强领导、中国特色社会主义制度的优越性、全国人民的团结奋斗，是我们应对风险挑战的最大优势和根本保证。新中国成立70年来建设、改革、发展取得的辉煌成就，为我们攻坚克难打下坚实基础。2018年，我国经济总量跨过90万亿元大关，人均GDP接近1万美元。中国既是“世界工厂”，也是“世界市场”，有着世界上规模最大、成长最快的中等收入群体，消费增长潜力巨大。大量事实表明，中国经济具有韧性强、潜力大、后劲足的基本面，作为世界第二大经济体的中国具有强大的抗击打和抗风险能力。
我们的底气，源于深化改革开放的坚定抉择。一段时间以来，围绕稳就业、稳金融、稳外贸、稳外资、稳投资、稳预期，中国推出一系列政策举措，供给侧结构性改革扎实推进，推动经济迈向高质量发展；面对单边主义、贸易保护主义不断抬头，中国坚定不移奉行互利共赢的开放战略，举办首届中国国际进口博览会、制定外商投资法、降低关税水平、扩大外资市场准入，为各国发展带来新机遇……任凭风吹浪打，我自岿然不动。我国发展仍处于并将长期处于重要战略机遇期，时与势在我们这一边。保持战略定力、坚定发展信心，用好改革开放这个“关键一招”，坚定不移办好自己的事情，中国经济一定会迎来更加光明的发展前景。
中美关系是当今世界最重要的双边关系之一。中美双方尊重彼此核心关切，在相互尊重、平等互利原则下相向而行，合作之路才会越走越宽，中美经贸问题才能沿着正确轨道有效解决，中美关系才能行稳致远，更好造福两国人民、更多惠及世界。
国纪平：任何挑战都挡不住中国前进的步伐


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原则底线决不让步 中国有实力应对各种挑战——业内专家评析中美经贸热点问题
2019-05-12 22:40:47 来源： 新华网

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新华社北京5月12日电 题：原则底线决不让步 中国有实力应对各种挑战——业内专家评析中美经贸热点问题
新华社记者韩洁、于佳欣
5月10日起，美方启动对2000亿美元中国输美商品加征25%关税。当天在华盛顿结束的第十一轮中美经贸高级别磋商传递出中方一贯而坚定的立场：加征关税解决不了问题，合作是中美唯一正确选择，但合作是有原则的，在重大原则问题上中方决不让步。
12日，在中国人民大学国家发展与战略研究院举行的中美贸易关系专题研讨会上，与会专家表示，面对美方加税威胁，中方坚守底线，捍卫国家尊严，维护人民利益，展现出大国风范。加征关税不得人心，违背时代潮流，中国有决心、有底气、有信心应对一切挑战。
加征关税如“七伤拳” 害人更害己
“加征关税对两国企业都有影响，但对美国企业伤害更大。”社科院世界经济与政治研究所研究员高凌云说，美国在中国的市场需求不会因加征关税而改变，也最终会使美国进口商将高额关税传导给其消费者及零售商。
“从数据分析，如果美国一意孤行，对所有中国输美商品加征关税，将会极大推高美国国内物价水平，造成通货膨胀，这无疑是打出害人害己的‘七伤拳’。”高凌云说。
加征关税也遭到美国国内强烈反对。近日，美多家行业协会发声明反对对华升级关税。其中，名为“关税伤害美国腹地”的游说组织估算说，将关税上调至25%会损害近100万个美国就业岗位，并加大金融市场动荡。
中国国际经济交流中心总经济师陈文玲算了笔账：美方对500亿美元和2000亿美元中国商品加征关税时，清单中超过70%是中间品和投资品。“这么大的比重，关税最终自然也会由美国企业、消费者和农场主来承担。”
在陈文玲看来，美国挑起的贸易战是失效的。美方想解决贸易逆差，结果同中国、欧盟等多个经济体的贸易逆差是上升而非下降；全球产业链在重构中并没有加快向美国转移，相反美国特斯拉、福特等汽车企业正向中国市场转移。
“一些美国公司在中国利润占比幅度非常大，一旦离开中国市场可能生存都有困难。”商务部研究院对外贸易研究所所长梁明用大数据测算2000亿美元商品升级关税的影响显示，其中大多数商品美国依然需要从中国进口，而中国商品中很大部分对美国依赖程度并不高，并有很多其他市场可出口替代。
专家一致认为，贸易战的溢出效应蔓延全球，对全球秩序、规则、贸易体系和供应链都带来严峻挑战，甚至会对全球和平发展产生负面影响。
“我们强调不要用关税手段，彼此诉求要平衡，这不仅是中国的要求，也是各国面对贸易不合理要求作出的理性选择。”社科院世界经济与政治研究所国际贸易研究室主任东艳道出了专家的共同心声：合则两利、斗则俱伤，合作始终是解决中美经贸问题的正确路径。
原则底线寸步不能让 平常心看待边打边谈
面对美方指责是中方“倒退”导致谈判未果，专家们表示，在双方未达成最终协议前，美方这种指责站不住脚，是不负责任的。事实恰恰相反，正是美方不断施压和抬高要价导致谈判受挫。
“此次美方提出的要求涉及中方核心利益和重大关切，这是底线，决不能让步。”中国国际经济交流中心副理事长魏建国说，一个成功的协议必须确保双方都能大部分满意，彼此都要做些妥协让步。如果仅仅一方满意，而另一方的关切未被尊重或照顾，这样的协议即便达成，执行起来也不会长久甚至会被推翻。
历时一年多时间，中美经贸磋商进行了十一轮。专家们认为，这充分显示磋商是一场持久战，我们要保持平常心，从心理和工作层面做好充分准备。
“大国之间有摩擦是正常的，中国要对此适应并调整好自己的心态。”中国人民大学重阳金融研究院执行院长王文说。
陈文玲说，从中美经贸磋商看，中方始终坚守原则和立场。“打打谈谈将成磋商常态，在坚决维护国家核心利益和重大关切、维护大国尊严方面，中方不能有半点含糊。”
专家表示，在维护中美关系大局、巩固中美经贸合作上，中方立场始终没变，两国应在相互尊重、平等互利原则下相向而行，以对话而非对抗方式解决核心分歧。
东艳认为，中美经贸摩擦凸显其长期性、复杂性和艰巨性。当务之急,中美要在继续构建互信基础上，在双多边领域加强协调，不断扩大利益共同点。
“相信在巨大的合作利益面前，美方也看得非常清楚，贸易战解决不了中美经贸分歧。”梁明表示，虽然升级关税令人遗憾，但相信双方都对中美经贸关系未来抱有希望，中美实现合作共赢，符合两国人民愿望，也符合全世界愿望。
坚定办好自己的事 应对挑战有底气
“8000米以上是平流层，属于‘空气稀薄地带’，登山越过这个地带需要更加努力，这也正如中国经济向高质量迈进必须攀越的阶段。”
以登山为喻，王文表示，当前阶段需要我们戒骄戒躁、艰苦奋斗，按照既定路线图持之以恒。
“时间在我们这一边”“历史长河中，经贸摩擦只是一点小波澜”……与会专家认为，在大国发展过程中，出现一些波折不是坏事，反而可以检验我们的能力。
应对挑战，中国有信心，也有底气。
中国人民大学党委副书记郑水泉说，历经70年风吹雨打，中国既有深厚实力和巨大潜力，也有强大抗打击抗风险能力，我们有信心、有决心、有能力应对各种风险挑战。
“无论未来形势如何变化，我们要把自己的事情做好。”中国国际经济交流中心首席经济学家张燕生说，在开放环境中，没有强大的综合国力和企业竞争力，将会被“狼”吃掉。在未来大国博弈中，我们一定要努力增强综合国力，提高自身竞争力。
应对挑战，中国有决心，也有行动。
去年以来，应对外部严峻环境和内部下行压力，中央出台的“六稳”等一系列政策落地生效，中国经济保持良好发展态势。
中国人民大学经济学院副院长王晋斌说，事实证明，在稳中有变的环境下，“六稳”政策是确保宏观经济行稳致远的重要“法宝”。要继续坚持这一政策，重点是稳预期、稳信心。
在中国人民大学国家发展与战略研究院执行院长严金明看来，今年以来新旧动能转换进一步加快，新产业蓬勃兴起，新业态不断涌现，中国经济有巨大的韧性和弹性，有巨大市场，经济发展前景是乐观的。“当前关键做好自己的事情，就能不断增强发展后劲。”
“合作共赢是不可阻挡的发展潮流。贸易发展要不断同国家重大战略相契合，深入推进同‘一带一路’沿线国家的经济合作，未来中国高质量发展的道路将越走越宽广。”陈文玲说。
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Xinhua News Agency commentator: No fear of wind and rain, squatting forward
2019-05-12 22:48:22 Source: Xinhuanet


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Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 12th: No fear of wind and rain, squatting forward

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During this period of time, under the focus of the world's attention, the Sino-US economic and trade consultations have witnessed an impressive scene: on the eve of the eleventh round of high-level Sino-US economic and trade consultations, facing the threat of increasing tariffs, the Chinese delegation is still standing. Pressure to go to the United States to negotiate, with the greatest sincerity and responsibility to promote problem solving; during the consultation period, the US tariff on the US$200 billion to China’s exports to the United States increased from 10% to 25%; in the face of the US move, China strongly opposes Said that will have to take the necessary countermeasures.

It is right and wrong, and it is fair and reasonable. The US side ignored China's sincere attitude and actions, and it was unsuccessful in the negotiations. This is the result of the US's implementation of trade hegemonism. The responsibility lies entirely with the US. No matter how much pressure it faces, China will resolutely defend the core interests of the country and the fundamental interests of the people and will never give in on major issues of principle. At the same time, China has always opened the door to consultation and cooperation in the spirit of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, and strived to push forward the resolution of China-US economic and trade issues in the right direction.

Looking back over the past year or so, the US side unilaterally provoked and continued to escalate Sino-US trade frictions, which greatly damaged the economic and trade relations cultivated by the two countries over the years and also dragged down the world economy. A correct understanding of Sino-US economic and trade frictions should be seen in the course of the development of Sino-US relations. Since the establishment of diplomatic ties 40 years ago, China-US relations have moved forward with both sides, and the anti-copy proof: China and the United States are both right and wrong, and cooperation is the only correct choice for both sides. The trade war can't solve the problem, it will only harm others, and the extreme pressure will make the negotiation road narrower and narrower. US economic analysts have warned that once the US provokes a full-scale trade war, the global economy could lose as much as $470 billion by 2020. Agence France-Presse quoted a study by the World Trade Consulting Corporation as saying that raising the tariff rate to 25% would result in an average annual increase of $767 for a family of four in the United States and threaten nearly 1 million jobs. Adding tariffs and escalating trade frictions are not conducive to the Chinese people. They are not conducive to the American people and to the people of the world. They are also not conducive to resolving bilateral economic and trade issues. They are inevitably unpopular and opposed by all parties. It is the only correct way out to resolve the trade imbalance between China and the United States through equal consultation. There will inevitably be some differences between countries, but as long as the two sides understand each other, respect each other, and achieve similarities and differences, they can continue to promote mutual benefit and win-win.

In today’s world, there is a big change in the past 100 years. In the face of serious challenges such as managing deficits, trust deficits, peace deficits, and developing deficits, in the face of the choice of where human development is going at a crossroads, countries should have the spirit of taking responsibility for the world. Share development opportunities and create a better future. Building a world of lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness, tolerance, cleanliness and beauty, and moving towards a community of human destiny is the way out and hope for mankind.

the Rainbow comes after the storm? The road to China's development has never been smooth sailing. The 70-year struggle of New China has profoundly demonstrated that as long as we have confidence and confidence, we will not be afraid of any difficulties. In the process of the development of a big country, some twists and turns are a good thing. We can test our ability, and we can sharpen our will, temper our skills, and win a better future. In the face of risk challenges, China in the new era will unswervingly deepen reform and opening up, unswervingly promote the building of a community of human destiny, calmly and calmly and calmly move forward.

Our confidence stems from the profound strength and great potential of China's development. The strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, the superiority of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and the united struggle of the people throughout the country are the greatest advantages and fundamental guarantees for us to cope with the risk challenge. The brilliant achievements in the construction, reform and development of the founding of New China in the past 70 years have laid a solid foundation for us to overcome difficulties. In 2018, China’s total economic output crossed the 90 trillion yuan mark, and its per capita GDP was close to 10,000 US dollars. China is both a “world factory” and a “world market”. It has the largest and fastest-growing middle-income group in the world, and its consumption growth potential is huge. A large number of facts show that China's economy has the fundamentals of resilience, great potential and strong stamina. China, as the world's second largest economy, has strong resistance to combat and risk.

Our emboldened strength stems from the firm choice of deepening reform and opening up. For a period of time, China has launched a series of policy measures, such as stabilizing employment, stabilizing finance, stabilizing foreign trade, stabilizing foreign investment, stabilizing investment, and stabilizing expectations. The supply-side structural reform has been solidly promoted to promote the economy towards high-quality development; China and trade protectionism continue to rise. China is unswervingly pursuing an open strategy of mutual benefit and win-win, holding the first China International Import Expo, formulating foreign investment laws, lowering tariff levels, and expanding foreign market access, bringing new opportunities for the development of all countries... ... I can't move without letting the wind blow. China's development is still in the long-term and important strategic opportunity period, and the time and the situation are on our side. Maintaining strategic strength, firm development confidence, and making good use of the "key move" of reform and opening up, and unswervingly doing their own things, the Chinese economy will surely usher in a brighter future.

Sino-US relations are one of the most important bilateral relations in the world today. China and the United States respect each other's core concerns and follow each other's principles of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit. The road to cooperation will become wider and wider. The economic and trade issues between China and the United States can be effectively resolved along the right track. China-US relations can be stable and far-reaching. Better benefit the people of both countries and benefit the world.

Guo Jiping: No challenge can stop the pace of China's progress.


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The bottom line of the principle will never give in. China has the strength to cope with various challenges - industry experts comment on the hot issues of Sino-US trade
2019-05-12 22:40:47 Source: Xinhuanet


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Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 12th: The principle bottom line will never give in. China has the strength to cope with various challenges - industry experts comment on Sino-US economic and trade hot issues

Xinhua News Agency reporter Han Jie, Yu Jiaxin

From May 10th, the US started to impose a 25% tariff on 200 billion US dollars of Chinese exports to the United States. The eleventh round of high-level Sino-US economic and trade consultations concluded in Washington on the same day conveyed China’s consistent and firm stance: the application of tariffs will not solve the problem, and cooperation is the only correct choice between China and the United States, but cooperation is principled and on major issues of principle. The Chinese side will never give in.

On the 12th, at the China-US Trade Relations Symposium held by the National Development and Strategy Research Institute of Renmin University of China, experts at the meeting said that in the face of the threat of US tax increase, China adheres to the bottom line, defends national dignity, safeguards the interests of the people, and shows the great powers. Demeanor. Adding tariffs is unpopular and contrary to the trend of the times. China has the determination, confidence and confidence to cope with all challenges.

Adding tariffs such as "seven wounds"

"Adding tariffs has an impact on both companies, but it is more harmful to American companies." Gao Lingyun, a researcher at the Institute of World Economics and Politics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that the US market demand in China will not change due to tariff increases. Eventually, US importers will pass high tariffs to their consumers and retailers.

"From the data analysis, if the United States is willing to go its own way, adding tariffs to all Chinese exports to the United States will greatly push up the domestic price level and cause inflation. This is undoubtedly a 'seven-injury' that kills others." Gao Lingyun said.

The increase in tariffs has also been strongly opposed by the United States. Recently, many industry associations in the United States issued a statement opposing the escalation of tariffs on China. Among them, the lobbying organization called “Treaty Damage to the US Hinterland” estimated that raising the tariff to 25% would damage nearly 1 million US jobs and increase financial market turmoil.

Chen Wenling, chief economist of China International Economic Exchange Center, calculated the accounts: When the US imposed tariffs on Chinese goods of 50 billion US dollars and 200 billion US dollars, more than 70% of the list was intermediate goods and investment products. “With such a large proportion, tariffs will eventually be borne by American companies, consumers and farmers.”

In Chen Wenling's view, the trade war provoked by the United States is ineffective. The US wants to solve the trade deficit, and as a result, the trade deficit with China, the EU and other economies is rising rather than falling; the global industrial chain has not accelerated its transfer to the US, but the US Tesla, Ford and other auto companies are Transfer to the Chinese market.

“Some US companies have a very large share of profits in China. Once they leave the Chinese market, they may have difficulty in survival.” Liang Ming, director of the Institute of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Commerce, used big data to calculate the impact of the $200 billion commodity upgrade tariff. Most of these commodities still need to be imported from China, and a large part of Chinese goods are not highly dependent on the United States, and there are many other markets that can be exported.

Experts agree that the spillover effects of the trade war spread across the globe, posing serious challenges to the global order, rules, trading system and supply chain, and even negatively affecting global peace and development.

"We stress not to use tariffs and balance each other's demands. This is not only a requirement of China, but also a rational choice for countries to face unreasonable trade requirements." Dong Yan, Director of the International Trade Research Office, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences It is the common voice of the experts: the two benefits and the struggle are all hurt, and cooperation is always the correct path to solve the Sino-US economic and trade issues.

The principle of the bottom line can not let the ordinary mind to talk and talk

In the face of the US accusation that the Chinese side "regressed" led to unsuccessful negotiations. Experts said that before the two sides reached a final agreement, the US accusation was untenable and irresponsible. On the contrary, it is the continued pressure from the US and the elevation of the asking price that led to the setback in the negotiations.

"The request put forward by the US side involves China's core interests and major concerns. This is the bottom line and must not be compromised." Wei Jianguo, vice chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, said that a successful agreement must ensure that both parties are satisfied with each other. All have to make some compromises. If only one party is satisfied and the other party’s concerns are not respected or taken care of, even if such an agreement is reached, it will not be implemented for a long time or even overturned.

After more than a year, the Sino-US economic and trade consultations have been carried out for eleven rounds. Experts believe that this fully shows that consultation is a protracted war. We must maintain a normal mind and be fully prepared from the psychological and work levels.

"It is normal for friction between big countries to be normal. China must adapt to this and adjust its mentality." Wang Wen, executive director of Chongyang Financial Research Institute of Renmin University of China, said.

Chen Wenling said that from the Sino-US economic and trade consultations, China has always adhered to principles and positions. "The talks will be the norm in consultation. The Chinese side cannot be ambiguous in resolutely safeguarding the country's core interests and major concerns and safeguarding the dignity of the big countries."

Experts said that China's position has remained unchanged in maintaining the overall interests of China-US relations and consolidating Sino-US economic and trade cooperation. The two countries should follow each other under the principles of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, and resolve their core differences through dialogue rather than confrontation.

Dong Yan believes that Sino-US economic and trade frictions highlight its long-term, complex and arduous nature. As a matter of urgency, China and the United States should strengthen coordination in the dual and multilateral areas on the basis of continuing to build mutual trust and continuously expand common interests.

"I believe that in the face of huge cooperation interests, the US side also sees very clearly that the trade war can't resolve the Sino-US economic and trade differences." Liang Ming said that although it is regrettable to upgrade tariffs, I believe both sides have hope for the future of China-US economic and trade relations. The realization of win-win cooperation between China and the United States is in line with the aspirations of the two peoples and is in line with the aspirations of the world

Firmly do your own thing, be responsive to the challenge

“More than 8,000 meters is the stratosphere, which belongs to the ‘thin air zone.’ It takes more effort to climb over this area. This is just like the stage in which the Chinese economy must move towards high quality.”

Taking mountaineering as a metaphor, Wang Wen said that at the current stage, we need to guard against arrogance, arduous struggle, and persevere in accordance with the established road map.

"Time is on our side" "In the long history of history, economic and trade frictions are only a small wave." Experts at the meeting believe that in the process of development of big countries, some twists and turns are not bad things, but can test our ability.

In response to the challenges, China has confidence and confidence.

Zheng Shuiquan, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Renmin University of China, said that after 70 years of wind and rain, China has both deep strength and great potential, as well as strong anti-attack and anti-risk capabilities. We are confident, determined and capable of coping with various risk challenges.

"No matter how the future situation changes, we must do our own thing well." Zhang Yansheng, chief economist of China International Economic Exchange Center, said that in an open environment, without strong comprehensive national strength and corporate competitiveness, it will be "wolf". Eat it. In the future big power game, we must work hard to enhance our overall national strength and improve our competitiveness.

To meet the challenges, China has the determination and action.

Since last year, in response to the external severe environment and internal downward pressure, a series of policies such as the “Six Stability” issued by the central government have come into effect, and the Chinese economy has maintained a good development trend.

Wang Jinbin, deputy dean of the School of Economics of Renmin University of China, said that the facts prove that under the environment of stability and change, the "six stable" policy is an important "magic weapon" to ensure the stability of the macro economy. To continue to adhere to this policy, the focus is on stabilizing expectations and stabilizing confidence.

According to Yan Jinming, executive director of the National Development and Strategy Research Institute of Renmin University of China, the transformation of new and old kinetic energy has been further accelerated this year, new industries are booming, new forms of business are emerging, and the Chinese economy has great resilience and flexibility, and there is a huge market and economy. The development prospects are optimistic. “The current key to doing your own thing can continue to enhance the development momentum.”

"Cooperation and win-win is an unstoppable development trend. Trade development must continue to be in line with the country's major strategies, and further promote economic cooperation with countries along the 'Belt and Road'. The road to high-quality development in China will become broader and wider." Chen Wenling Say.
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[Ang4MohTrump]

Mike Pence will bet Extremely Excited, when Xijinping & Putin issue a jointed statement ultimatum to US Congress to IMPEACH DOTARD or face WW3 within 2019.

This way the Civil War within USA will start soon!

 

[winnipegjets]

Trump must leave a lasting legacy by starting a nuclear war. No one has started one before. He will be the first person. The first US president to do so. The first US president to be charged with war crime. The first US president to be indicted and jailed.

Make Trump to be first in everything!

 

[obama.bin.laden]

Trump must leave a lasting legacy by starting a nuclear war. No one has started one before. He will be the first person. The first US president to do so. The first US president to be charged with war crime. The first US president to be indicted and jailed.

Make Trump to be first in everything!

They will Impeach him and lock him up in the IMH throw away they key.

Chinese rapidly strengthen up and building up beefy muscle. PLA navy is only 30 (destroyers) warship behind US Navy and they will catch up and surpass US navy within 18 months or so.



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德媒：西方忌惮中国海军发展 战舰数量比美还多30艘

德媒：西方忌惮中国海军发展 战舰数量比美还多30艘



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2018年9月30日早上，就在中国人民刚刚告别传统中秋假期，又将以喜悦的心情迎来国庆长假的时候，美国参议院依然在对是否要任命卡瓦诺为大法官而聚讼不休。就在这一天，美国海军驱逐舰“迪凯特”号（USS Decatur）悄然驶进了南中国海域，并且迫近了南沙群岛的南薰礁和赤瓜礁12海里范围内。
中国导弹驱逐舰——兰州舰严阵以待，侦查到敌情之后奉命向“迪凯特”号下达了驱逐警告。
这一天中央人民广播电台在插播此则新闻时这样说：“美国军舰驶入了一个危险的航道，如果再不改变航行路线，后果自负。”
面对中国驱逐舰的警告，美国方面回应：“我们是在自由航道内无害航行。”
“迪凯特”号并没有改变航道，兰州舰也没有。就这样，双方的距离越来越近。当时双方最近的距离仅有40米左右，据《纽约时报》一天后的报道，当时迪凯特号上的美军水手惊慌地叫嚷：“他们快要撞到我们了！想把我们赶出去！”
最终，迪凯特号不得不“采取技术动作以防撞击”。
双方这次“亲密接触”的地点恰好就在越南和菲律宾的中间。根据美国国防部的通告，这类冲突是2016年以来记录在案的第18次。
如果当时“迪凯特”号并没有改变航线，而是呼叫空中支援的话，那么在中秋时节中美双方有可能酿成直接的军事对抗，卡瓦诺事件也将不会成为各大媒体的新闻头条。《南华早报》评论说：“如果地缘冲突加剧演变为一场军事对抗，那么中美之间任何戏剧性的‘接触’都会变成世界大战的前兆。”
这两个世界上最强大的国家在对方面前“秀肌肉”的决心越来越大，而且竞争和对抗的领域也绝不仅限于南海地带。
“美国的海陆空三军会继续在国际法允许的范围内行进”，美国国防部长詹姆斯·马蒂斯稍后在社交媒体上发表了自己的评论。紧接着美国副总统彭斯11月份飞往新加坡参加亚细安峰会，他乘坐的空军二号故意贴着距离中国南沙群岛50英里的地方飞行了一段时间。抵达新加坡后，他说：“帝国主义般的攻击行径不应该在印太地区出现，我们不会退缩和投降。”
中国最高领导人习近平在演讲中也说过“中国的领土是老祖宗留下来的，一寸都不能丢”。他在4月份出席南海海域海上阅兵时告诫军队要“保持高度戒备状态，坚决捍卫国家权益”，并且要有应付各种复杂局势的能力。

本文为德国《明镜周刊》2019年第一期封面文章
北京和华盛顿方面在政治、经济和军事领域均呈现竞争态势，尤其在西太平洋，美国为了维持自身已有存在的霸权，双方都各不相让。
2018年距一战结束整100年，距离华约解散也差不多30年的时间，世界是否再次走到冷战的边缘？
乍一看，目前中美实力对比和当年的美苏关系还不太一样。虽然当今的中美都是核大国，但是美国拥有超过6450个核弹头，中国只有280个（俄罗斯有6850个）。
如果就此得出结论，认为当今全球比冷战期间更稳定那就错了。虽然核武器的威慑作用能让一些看似弱小的政治体也能在大国之间取得某种平衡，但世界大国竞争的关键点已经从核武器扩张转向到经济和科技发展。
比如当年的军事巨无霸苏联在全球化加速的背景下，综合国力呈加速下滑态势。对中国来说，却恰恰相反。如果中美两国继续按照目前的发展速度走下去，那么到2030年中国的经济总量必然要超过美国，而且在人工智能、通信、数字经济、半导体等领域也能和美国相抗衡。
如果华盛顿方便意图把贸易战推向极端，也许会动摇中国的进出口贸易基础，但必将也给自身的资本市场带来严重损害。
很显然，21世纪大国间的竞争已经不单单是军备竞赛那种低层次把戏，而是政治经济包括意识形态的全面交锋，中美面前的棋盘是三维的而非二维。
中美两国最高领导人的野心和忧虑有哪些？两国经济、军事和地缘政治摩擦的红线又是什么？
不如让我们把视线拉回到十年前，也就是爆发金融危机的2008年。那一年的6月，美国财政部长亨利•鲍尔森和中国的国务院副总理王岐山在华盛顿有过一次会面。两位都是各自国家的财政主管，彼此之间非常了解，对当时金融危机的各种态势和走向做了评估，并且对如何加强对潜在金融风险的进一步管控做了初步协商。
当时美国的经济总量是中国的三倍多。但当时美国的金融市场却一片风雨飘摇，不动产投资信心降低，失业率增加，国家财政赤字猛增，银行资产和对冲基金严重缩水，数月之后，雷曼兄弟控股公司宣布破产。

本文作者贝恩哈德·桑德（Bernhard Zand）是《明镜周刊》资深驻华记者，他在纪念改革开放四十周年大会的会场前录制了一个短视频
如果我们打开地图，让我们放眼中国的最南部——海南岛。这个岛的平均海拔只有160米，风光旖旎，有中国的夏威夷之称，重点开发旅游产业。同时这个岛对中国在南海军力的部署也有着不可估量的意义，比如在亚龙湾就有中国的核潜艇基地。
过去60年以来，除了美国之外，全球没有哪一个国家的军事力量的增长能和中国相匹敌。
西方国家尤其忌惮中国海军军力发展，过去十年，中国新下水了百余艘军舰，总战舰数量已经超过美国（317vs283）。2012年，中国有了自己的第一艘航空母舰，并且在2017年几乎建成了第二艘（虽然尚未真正服役）。
中国空军的发展也让人感到畏惧，11月初的珠海航展上，中国展出了涡扇-10TVC（Thrust Vector Control）发动机，以及最前沿的隐形战斗机，到2025年，中国立志能研发出一款能媲美美国B-2隐身战略轰炸机的机型。
中国战略性军队编制中，最引人注目的莫过于中国人民解放军火箭军，中国是全世界拥有弹道导弹数量最多的国家，超过一半是中程导弹。东风21和东风26号称是航空母舰杀手，这两款都有对海上大中型舰船实施远程打击的能力。
我们可以发现，中国新研发的武器把主要目标都对准了西太平洋，有一种把西太平洋划为“内海”的野心，和华盛顿方面不同，中国尚未在全球范围内谋求军事霸权，目前只是想把对手尽量驱离出第一岛链。
柏林科学与政治基金会（SWP）的裁军问题专家曾经写过一本书，叫《北京的核武法则》，指出目前中国的核武器库大多都带有导弹发射井并固定在地面上，相对容易成为打击目标，于是中国转而倾向于把核武器越来越多地布置在潜艇上——这就是为什么中国在亚龙湾布置了四艘核潜艇。
当然还有另外一个问题，目前中国的核潜艇在声呐检验系统下的噪声仍然比较大，海南的军事基地就是测试和研制更先进、更安静的潜艇的最佳场所。
对美国人来讲，他们当然无法容忍中国军力在西太平洋上不断增长，特朗普志在南中国海遏制对方，他将如何实现自己的目标？
特朗普的前任奥巴马曾在2011年发出了“亚太转向”的宣言，认为亚太地区也是美国核心利益所在，按照奥巴马原来的预计，亚太地区美国的军力部署会在两年内增加50%。
特朗普明显加速了这个部署，他已经提议在2019年把美军部署在亚太地区的283艘军舰增长到355只，未来还将会有一艘永驻西太平洋的航空母舰，显然美军已经拉开了西太平洋的军备竞赛的架势。
很多专家质疑美军的这个策略恐怕难以收到预期的效果。美国西太平洋新舰队司令戴维森认为：“中国已经能够有效控制南海制海权，并且可以向美国在整个亚太区域的军事存在发起挑战。由于中国在西太平洋地区军力的上升，若美军未来在这一地区与中国开战，并无获胜把握，甚至完全有输掉战争的可能。美国无法和中国和俄罗斯双线同时交锋。”
中美潜在的军事对抗还有可能引发连锁反应。长期以来，由于北约不断东扩压缩俄罗斯的势力范围，使得中俄的关系越来越紧密。

中美军事实力对比：中国军队人数200万vs美军130万，航母中国1vs美国11，潜艇62vs68（核潜艇4vs14），洲际弹道导弹70vs400，核武装置280vs6450（数据来源：明镜周刊）
几个月前，中国参加了“东方2018”军事演习，不少西方媒体都报道这是冷战结束以来俄罗斯进行的最大规模的军事演习，东方这两个超级大国联手进行大规模演习让特朗普不得不考虑，和中俄同时爆发冲突是多么不理智的。
有趣的是，冷战期间前苏联就是与中美双方同时交恶，当时的美国总统尼克松在幕僚基辛格的建议下决定转向中国，尼克松访问北京，中美俄之间微妙的平衡关系又走到了一个关口。
两年以来，华盛顿方面频繁使用“印太”这个概念取代过去常用的“亚太”，这个术语的转变集中说明了美国力求在南亚、东南亚联合对中国有敌意的国家，对抗中国势力在以马六甲海峡为中心的原“亚太”区域的不断扩张，当然“印太”也明显有抬高印度的意思。

2018年11月18日，亚太经合组织（APEC）第二十六次领导人非正式会议18日在巴布亚新几内亚莫尔兹比港举行，特朗普并未出席，图为参会的美国副总统彭斯（@东方IC）
尽管美国已经全方位感受到中国崛起带来的挑战，但去年的APEC会议上，大国的最高领导人独缺特朗普，他只是派出了一位全权代表。
也许彭斯的到场意味着该地区的权力结构真该逐渐发生变化。菲律宾，这个美国军事盟友的总统杜特尔特认为，他的国家目前仍处在美国的军事保护之下，但中国已经控制了南中国海：“（南海）在他们的控制之下，中国就在这里，无论你承不承认这就是现实，美国和其他国家都应该领悟到这点。”
杜特尔特是正确的。美国如今面对的较量，和他们之前在中东、加勒比地区和南美地区的“敌人们”完全不同。但是美国用了半个多世纪的时间重塑了东南亚、东亚甚至欧洲，在美国的帮助下，很多国家从二战的废墟上建立起来并逐渐变得富裕。日本、韩国、新加坡、马来西亚、泰国等都维持了和美国不错的外交关系，甚至冷战的牺牲品越南现在也有倒向美国的趋势。

但不管怎样，实力逐渐增强的中国正在原有美国的地盘上不断施加自身的影响力。美国地缘政治学家卡普兰（Robert Kaplan）在《地理的报复：地图告诉我们未来冲突和对命运的抗争》一书中，指出“美国在东亚有反抗中国霸凌的长期盟友，在中东欧有反抗俄罗斯霸陵的长期盟友，但美国最好还是在海权和空权方面给予中国一定的让步，避免过度刺激中国”。
澳大利亚前总理陆克文2017年在La Trobe大学发表了演讲，认为中国已经准备好了自己的国际战略，而西方国家却毫无举措，所以西方世界对近几年国际重大地缘政治的一系列变化应对缺乏准备，政策也缺乏一惯性。
北京方面一直把保持稳定的经济增长放在首位，2008年西方的金融危机既给了他们足够的信心，也给他们提供了前车之鉴。一场战争，哪怕是仅仅是一场冷战，会让中西双方两败俱伤，其他国家和地区也难以幸免于难。（作者：贝恩哈德·桑德 德国《明镜周刊》资深驻华记者）


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German media: Western taboos China's navy development, the number of warships is 30 more than the United States
German media: Western taboos China's navy development, the number of warships is 30 more than the United States
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[Observer Network Wu Shouzhe translation]

On the morning of September 30, 2018, just as the Chinese people have just bid farewell to the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival and will be welcoming the National Day holiday with joy, the US Senate is still arguing over whether to appoint Kavano as a judge. On this day, the US Navy destroyer USS Decatur quietly entered the South China Sea and was within 12 nautical miles of the Nanxun Reef and the Chigua Reef in the Nansha Islands.

The Chinese guided missile destroyer, the Lanzhou ship, was waiting for the attack. After investigating the enemy's situation, it was ordered to issue an expulsion warning to the Decatur.

On this day, the Central People’s Broadcasting Station said this when inserting this news: “The US warships have entered a dangerous waterway. If they do not change the navigation route, they will be conceited.”

In the face of the warnings of the Chinese destroyers, the United States responded: "We are sailing harmlessly in the freeway."

The "Dikeite" did not change the navigation channel, nor did the Lanzhou ship. In this way, the distance between the two sides is getting closer. At the time, the distance between the two sides was only about 40 meters. According to the New York Times one day later, the American sailors on the Decatur screamed in a panic: "They are about to hit us! I want to drive us out!"

In the end, Decatur had to "take technical action to prevent impact."

The location of this "close contact" between the two sides is just in the middle of Vietnam and the Philippines. According to the US Department of Defense, such conflicts are the 18th recorded since 2016.

If the "Dequet" did not change the route at the time, but called air support, then in the Mid-Autumn Festival, China and the United States may form a direct military confrontation, and the Cavano incident will not become the headline of major media. . The South China Morning Post commented: "If the geopolitical conflict intensifies and evolves into a military confrontation, then any dramatic 'contact' between China and the United States will become a precursor to the world war."

The determination of the two most powerful countries in the world to "show muscles" in front of each other is growing, and the areas of competition and confrontation are not limited to the South China Sea.

"The US Air, Sea, and Air Forces will continue to travel within the limits allowed by international law." US Defense Secretary James Matisse later made his own comment on social media. Immediately after the US Vice President Peng Si flew to Singapore to attend the ASEAN Summit in November, his Air Force No. 2 deliberately flew for 50 minutes from the Nansha Islands in China. Upon arriving in Singapore, he said: "The imperialist attacks should not occur in the Indo-Pacific region. We will not back down and surrender."

Xi Jinping, China's top leader, also said in his speech that "China's territory is left by the ancestors, and one inch cannot be lost." When he attended the military parade in the South China Sea in April, he warned the military to "maintain a high degree of alert and resolutely defend the country's rights and interests" and have the ability to cope with various complicated situations.

This article is the first cover article of the German "Der Spiegel Weekly" 2019

Beijing and Washington are competing in the political, economic, and military fields, especially in the Western Pacific. In order to maintain their existing hegemony, the United States has no choice.

In 2018, it was 100 years after the end of World War I. It was almost 30 years before the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact. Has the world once again reached the edge of the Cold War?

At first glance, the current Sino-US strength comparison is not the same as the US-Soviet relationship of the year. Although both China and the United States are nuclear powers, the United States has more than 6,450 nuclear warheads, and China has only 280 (Russia has 6,850).

If we come to the conclusion that it is wrong to think that the world today is more stable than during the Cold War. Although the deterrent effect of nuclear weapons can allow some seemingly weak political bodies to achieve a certain balance between big powers, the key points of competition among world powers have shifted from nuclear weapons expansion to economic and technological development.

For example, in the context of the acceleration of globalization in the military giants of the Soviet Union, the overall national strength showed an accelerated downward trend. For China, the opposite is true. If China and the United States continue to follow the current rate of development, then by 2030 China's economic aggregate will inevitably exceed the United States, and it can compete with the United States in the fields of artificial intelligence, communications, digital economy, and semiconductors.

If Washington is willing to push the trade war to the extreme, it may shake China's import and export trade base, but it will also bring serious damage to its capital market.

Obviously, the competition among the big countries in the 21st century is not only the low-level trick of the arms race, but the comprehensive confrontation of the political economy including ideology. The chessboard in front of China and the United States is three-dimensional rather than two-dimensional.

What are the ambitions and worries of the top leaders of China and the United States? What is the red line of economic, military and geopolitical friction between the two countries?

Let us take our eyes back to a decade ago, the 2008 financial crisis. In June of that year, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan met in Washington. Both of them are financial directors of their respective countries, and they are very familiar with each other. They have evaluated various trends and trends of the financial crisis at that time and made preliminary consultations on how to strengthen further control over potential financial risks.

At that time, the total economic output of the United States was more than three times that of China. But at that time, the US financial market was faltering, real estate investment confidence fell, unemployment rate increased, the country's fiscal deficit soared, bank assets and hedge funds shrank severely, and a few months later, Lehman Brothers Holdings announced bankruptcy.



The author of this article, Bernhard Zand, is a senior correspondent for Der Spiegel, who recorded a short video before the venue for the 40th anniversary of the reform and opening up.

If we open the map, let us look at the southernmost part of China - Hainan Island. The island's average elevation is only 160 meters, and it has a beautiful scenery. It is known as the Hawaii of China and focuses on the development of the tourism industry. At the same time, this island is also invaluable to China's deployment of the South Navy. For example, there is a Chinese nuclear submarine base in Yalong Bay.

In the past 60 years, no country other than the United States has grown in military power comparable to China.

Western countries are particularly jealous of the development of the Chinese navy. In the past decade, China has launched more than a hundred warships, and the total number of warships has surpassed that of the United States (317vs283). In 2012, China had its first aircraft carrier and almost completed its second in 2017 (though not yet in service).

The development of the Chinese Air Force is also daunting. At the Zhuhai Air Show in early November, China exhibited the Thrust Vector Control engine and the cutting-edge stealth fighter. By 2025, China’s Zhizhi can develop a The model is comparable to the US B-2 stealth strategic bomber.

The most striking of China's strategic military formation is the Chinese People's Liberation Army Rocket Army. China is the country with the largest number of ballistic missiles in the world, and more than half of them are medium-range missiles. Dongfeng 21 and Dongfeng 26 are known as aircraft carrier killers, both of which have the ability to strike long-range strikes on large and medium-sized ships at sea.

We can find that China's newly developed weapons aim the main target in the western Pacific. There is an ambition to classify the Western Pacific as an "inland sea." Unlike Washington, China has not yet sought military hegemony on a global scale. Drive the opponent out of the first island chain as much as possible.

The Berlin Science and Politics Foundation (SWP) disarmament expert once wrote a book called "Beijing's Nuclear Law", pointing out that most of China's nuclear arsenals currently carry missile silos and are fixed on the ground, making it relatively easy to become Against the target, China turned to the tendency to place nuclear weapons more and more on submarines – which is why China has deployed four nuclear submarines in Yalong Bay.

Of course, there is another problem. At present, the noise of China's nuclear submarines under the sonar inspection system is still relatively large. The military base in Hainan is the best place to test and develop more advanced and quiet submarines.

For the Americans, of course, they can't tolerate the growing Chinese military power in the Western Pacific. Trump wants to contain the other side in the South China Sea. How will he achieve his goal?

Trump’s predecessor, Obama, issued a “Asia-Pacific Turn” declaration in 2011, arguing that the Asia-Pacific region is also the core interest of the United States. According to Obama’s original forecast, the US military deployment in the Asia-Pacific region will increase by 50% within two years.

Trump has obviously accelerated this deployment. He has proposed to increase the number of 283 warships deployed by the US military in the Asia-Pacific region to 355 in 2019. In the future, there will be an aircraft carrier that will remain in the West Pacific. Obviously, the US military has already opened the West. The posture of the arms race in the Pacific.

Many experts question that this strategy of the US military may not be able to achieve the expected results. David West, commander of the US West Pacific New Fleet, believes: "China has been able to effectively control the sea power of the South China Sea and can challenge the US military presence in the entire Asia-Pacific region. As China's military strength in the Western Pacific region rises, if the US military is in this region in the future, China’s war has not been won, and there is even the possibility of losing the war. The United States cannot compete with China and Russia at the same time.”

The potential military confrontation between China and the United States may also trigger a chain reaction. For a long time, as NATO continued to expand eastward and compress Russia's sphere of influence, Sino-Russian relations have become closer and closer.

Sino-US military strength comparison: Chinese army number 2 million vs US Army 1.3 million, aircraft carrier China 1vs US 11, submarine 62vs68 (nuclear submarine 4vs14), intercontinental ballistic missile 70vs400, nuclear weapon 280vs6450 (Source: Der Spiegel)

A few months ago, China participated in the "Oriental 2018" military exercise. Many Western media reported that this was the largest military exercise conducted by Russia since the end of the Cold War. The two superpowers of the East joined forces to conduct large-scale exercises for Trump. I have to consider how irrational it is to have a conflict with China and Russia.

Interestingly, during the Cold War, the former Soviet Union was at the same time with China and the United States. At that time, US President Nixon decided to turn to China at the suggestion of the aides, Kissinger. Nixon visited Beijing, and the delicate balance between China, the United States and Russia went to a pass.

In the past two years, Washington has frequently used the concept of "Indo-Pacific" to replace the "Asia-Pacific" that used to be used in the past. This term shift reflects the United States' efforts to unite China in South Asia and Southeast Asia, and to counter the Chinese forces in the Straits of Malacca. As the center of the original "Asia-Pacific" region continues to expand, of course, "Indian" also obviously raises the meaning of India.

On November 18, 2018, the twenty-sixth informal leadership meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on the 18th. Trump did not attend. The picture shows the US Vice President. Burns (@东方IC)

Although the United States has fully felt the challenges brought about by the rise of China, at the APEC meeting last year, the top leader of the big country lacked Trump, and he only sent a plenipotentiary.

Perhaps the presence of Burns means that the power structure of the region should change gradually. The Philippines, the president of the US military ally, Duterte believes that his country is still under US military protection, but China has already controlled the South China Sea: "(South China Sea) under their control, China will Here, whether you admit that this is reality, the United States and other countries should understand this."

Duterte is right. The contest that the United States faces today is completely different from the "enemys" they used to have in the Middle East, the Caribbean, and South America. But the United States has spent more than half a century reshaping Southeast Asia, East Asia, and even Europe. With the help of the United States, many countries have built up from the ruins of World War II and have gradually become rich. Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, etc. have maintained good diplomatic relations with the United States, and even the victims of the Cold War have now turned to the United States.

But no matter what, China, whose strength is gradually increasing, is constantly exerting its influence on the original US territory. Robert Kaplan, a geopolitical scientist in the United States, pointed out in "The Revenge of Geography: The Map Tells Us about Future Conflicts and Resistance to Destiny", stating that "the United States has long-term allies in East Asia against China's bullying, in Central and Eastern Europe." It is a long-term ally against Russia's Pa-Ling, but it is better for the United States to give China some concessions in terms of sea power and air power to avoid over-stimulation of China."

Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered a speech at La Trobe University in 2017, arguing that China has prepared its own international strategy, while Western countries have no initiatives, so the Western world has responded to a series of changes in international geopolitics in recent years. Lack of preparation and lack of inertia in policy.

Beijing has always placed steady economic growth in the first place. In 2008, the Western financial crisis gave them enough confidence and provided them with a good example. A war, even if it is just a cold war, will make both China and the West lose both sides, and other countries and regions will not be spared. (Author: Sandra Bernhard German "Der Spiegel," a senior diplomatic correspondent)
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Comparison Results of World Military Strengths



Military power comparison results for the nations of China and United States.



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Subjects
China
United States

GFP Rank
3 (of 137)
1 (of 137)

Total Population
1,384,688,986
329,256,465

Manpower Available
752,855,402
144,872,845

Fit-for-Service
621,105,706
119,664,970

Reaching Military Age
19,614,518
4,188,274

Active Personnel
2,183,000
1,281,900

Reserve Components
510,000
860,000

Total Military Personnel
2,693,000
2,141,900

Defense Budget (USD)
$224,000,000,000
$716,000,000,000

External Debt (USD)
$1,598,000,000,000
$17,910,000,000,000

Foreign Reserve (USD)
$3,236,000,000,000
$123,300,000,000

Purchasing Power (USD)
$24,810,000,000,000
$19,850,000,000,000

Total Aircraft
3,187
13,398

Fighters / Interceptors
1,222
2,362

Attack Aircraft
1,564
2,831

Transports
193
1,153

Trainers
368
2,853

Helicopters
1,004
5,760

Attack Helicopters
281
971

Serviceable Airports
507
13,513

Tank Strength
13,050
6,287

Armored Fighting Vehicles
40,000
39,223

Self-Propelled Artillery
4,000
992

Towed Artillery
6,246
864

Rocket Projectors
2,050
1,056

Total Naval Assets
714
415

Aircraft Carriers
1
24

Submarines
76
68

Frigates
52
22

Destroyers
33
68

Corvettes
42
15

Patrol Craft
192
13

Mine Warfare Craft
33
11

Merchant Marine Strength
4,287
3,611

Major Ports & Terminals
16
33

Labor Force Strength
806,700,000
160,400,000

Oil Production (bbl/dy)
3,838,000
9,352,000

Oil Consumption (bbl/dy)
10,120,000
19,000,000

Proven Oil Reserves (bbl)
25,620,000,000
36,520,000,000

Roadway Coverage (km)
3,860,800
6,586,610

Railway Coverage (km)
86,000
224,792

Waterway Coverage (km)
110,000
41,009

Coastline Coverage (km)
14,500
19,924

Shared Borders (km)
22,457
12,048

Square Land Area (km)
9,596,961
9,826,675

 

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I hope Trump will start a nuclear war. The world needs to see how a nuclear war is like.

Stephen Miller, Bolton and Bannon must egg Trump to launch nuclear missiles, either at North Korea or Iran.

 

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I hope Trump will start a nuclear war. The world needs to see how a nuclear war is like.

Stephen Miller, Bolton and Bannon must egg Trump to launch nuclear missiles, either at North Korea or Iran.

Dotard this week already test launched 2 different Minuteman 3 ICBMs + 1 Trident SLBM, which is a very rare event in US history.

Showing how desperately edgy is Dotard, kept checking weather his nuke can still work or not.



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U.S. Navy test of unarmed Trident missile off Cape Canaveral deemed successful as North Korea carries out tests of its own
J.D. Gallop, Florida Today Published 5:30 p.m. ET May 12, 2019 | Updated 5:30 p.m. ET May 12, 2019

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An unarmed Trident II D5 missile was launched off the coast of Cape Canaveral on May 9. The test launch was part of the U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs' demonstration. (Photo: John Kowalski, U.S. Navy)

The U.S. Navy successfully tested an unarmed Trident II D5 missile off the coast of Cape Canaveral last week, even as North Korea carried out its own short-range missile launches the same day.
The Trident II D5 – an intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of just over 1,200 miles – was launched Thursday from the USS Rhode Island with coordination with the U.S. Navy's Strategic Systems Programs.
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The launch came the same day the U.S. conducted another ICBM test in California. An unarmed Minuteman III missile was launched as part of an operational test north of Vandenberg Air Force Base, according to U.S. Strategic Command in Nebraska.
The launch off Cape Canaveral was the 172nd successful test flight of the solid-fuel, three-stage Trident II D5 missile, which can carry up to 12 warheads. The purpose of the offshore test on May 9 was to test the readiness of the weapon system, which can be used to deliver nuclear-tipped warheads as part of the U.S.’ strike capability.
“I’m incredibly proud of Team King’s Bay and the Rhode Island crew. They’ve spent the last nine months preparing for this test and the patrols that will follow. Because of their hard work and dedication, our sea-based deterrent remains the most survivable and reliable in the world,” said Rear Adm. Michael Bernacchi, Commander, Submarine Group 10, in a statement issued Thursday.
The launch off Cape Canaveral – one of a number that have taken place in the area over the years – came shortly after North Korea was reported to have launched two short-range missiles of its own, alarming its regional neighbors just weeks after failed talks between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in March, according to media reports.
“While we’ve demonstrated today that our efforts to extend the life of our existing D5 missiles and SSBNs are successful, it is imperative that we remain focused on the Navy’s number one priority: on-time delivery of the first Colombia-class submarine,” said Behning in the statement.
The USS Rhode Island Rhode Island, an Ohio-class submarine is one of five ballistic-missile submarines homeported at Kings Bay, Georgia.
USA TODAY contributed to this article.
Contact Gallop at 321-242-3642, [email protected] and Twitter @JDGallop


https://navaltoday.com/2019/05/10/u...g-north-korea-and-us-air-force-missile-tests/

USS Rhode Island launches Trident II D5, following North Korea and US Air Force missile tests



An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740) off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 9, 2019. Photo: US Navy

US Navy’s Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740) carried out a successful test flight of one unarmed Trident II D5 missile on May 9.

On the same day, the US Air Force launched a Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Both tests coincided with North Korea’s firing of two missiles into the sea between North Korea and Japan.

The US Navy launch marked the 172nd successful test flight of the Trident II D5 missile since its introduction to the fleet in 1989.

This test flight was part of a Demonstration and Shakedown Operation, designated DASO 29. The primary objective of a DASO is to evaluate and demonstrate the readiness of the SSBN’s strategic weapon system and crew before operational deployment following its engineered refueling overhaul (ERO).

Rhode Island completed its ERO in August 2018. The undertaking is a complex, major shipyard availability during which the submarine is refueled and upgraded before returning to support the country’s nuclear deterrence strategy. This ERO extended the life of Rhode Island for more than 20 years.

EROs play a critical role in the future of the US Navy’s submarine force as they extend the life of the aging 14 Ohio-class submarines in the Navy’s fleet. Ohios are scheduled to be replaced by 12 Columbia-class submarines, with the first initial deterrent patrol in 2031.

“USS Rhode Island’s successful test flight today demonstrates not only that this ship’s crew and shipboard weapons system are ready to return to service, but also that the sea-based leg of our nuclear deterrent remains ready, reliable and credible,” said Capt. Mark Behning, deputy director, Strategic Systems Programs (SSP).

SSP, along with Naval Ordnance Test Unit, oversees the DASO certification process and provides integrated testing and evaluation capabilities, while various other organizations provide support.

Ohio-class SSBNs carry up to 20 submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and provide the United States with its most survivable and enduring nuclear strike capability. The design allows the submarines to operate for 15 years or more between major overhauls. The Columbia-class submarine will not need to be refueled during its lifetime.

Rhode Island is the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name and was commissioned July 9, 1994. Assigned to Submarine Group 10, Rhode Island is one of five ballistic-missile submarines homeported at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia.




https://gizmodo.com/u-s-conducts-missile-test-just-10-minutes-after-north-1834634032
U.S. Conducts Missile Test Just 10 Minutes After North Korea's Latest Missile Launch

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North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in an undated photoPhoto: DPRK Today
North Korea conducted a new weapons test overnight, firing two missiles into the sea between North Korea and Japan, according to reports from the South Korean military. The U.S. military conducted its own missile test just ten minutes later.
It was the second weapons test for North Korea in the past week, following the launch of what are believed to be several short-range missiles on Saturday. The U.S. military’s latest test was also its second in the past week, though the Air Force stresses that the timing is coincidental.


North Korea’s latest test occurred today at roughly 4:30 PM local time, 3:30 AM ET. About 10 minutes later, at 3:40 AM ET, the Air Force Global Strike Command conducted its own test, launching an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. That missile traveled 4,200 miles west to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, a common target for U.S. missile tests.
The new test is available to watch on YouTube.


https://gizmodo.com/u-s-conducts-missile-test-just-10-minutes-after-north-1834634032

U.S. Conducts Missile Test Just 10 Minutes After North Korea's Latest Missile Launch

Matt Novak
Thursday 7:00am


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North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in an undated photoPhoto: DPRK Today
North Korea conducted a new weapons test overnight, firing two missiles into the sea between North Korea and Japan, according to reports from the South Korean military. The U.S. military conducted its own missile test just ten minutes later.
It was the second weapons test for North Korea in the past week, following the launch of what are believed to be several short-range missiles on Saturday. The U.S. military’s latest test was also its second in the past week, though the Air Force stresses that the timing is coincidental.



North Korea’s latest test occurred today at roughly 4:30 PM local time, 3:30 AM ET. About 10 minutes later, at 3:40 AM ET, the Air Force Global Strike Command conducted its own test, launching an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. That missile traveled 4,200 miles west to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, a common target for U.S. missile tests.
The new test is available to watch on YouTube.

Details of North Korea’s latest missile test are still sketchy, though there are early reports that the missiles were launched from the Kusong region and traveled at least 260 miles. We know a lot more about today’s U.S. test thanks to a press release sent out overnight.

“The test demonstrates the United States’ nuclear deterrent is modern, robust, flexible, ready and appropriately tailored to deter twenty-first century threats and reassure our allies,” the Air Force Global Strike Command said in a statement sent to Gizmodo.
The Pentagon claims that its missile tests are “not a response or reaction to world events or regional tensions.” But even if that’s true, North Korean military leaders probably don’t see it that way. There’s been true serendipity this week between the North Korea and U.S. tests, even if the timing is supposed to be accidental.
“The opportunity for a Task Force to execute multiple launches in a week doesn’t happen very often, and this has been a tremendous experience for our team,” said Maj. Travis Hilliard, 90 MW Task Force Commander, in an emailed statement to Gizmodo. “Ultimately, these launches demonstrate America’s capability to deter our adversaries and assure our allies through a safe, secure and effective ICBM force.”

Tensions have mounted in recent months as the U.S. and North Korea slowly return to the antagonistic relationship that they had before President Donald Trump posed for two photo-ops with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in June 2018 and February 2019. North Korea has pledged that it won’t destroy its nuclear weapons without “corresponding countermeasures,” despite the fact that President Trump declared victory after his first photo-op.
But, again, the U.S. military says that the timing is coincidental, despite the fact that these missile launches line up so perfectly.
“The launch calendars are built three to five years in advance, and planning for each individual launch begins six months to a year prior to launch,” the Air Force Global Strike Command said.

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 12:40 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time Thursday May 9, 2019, at Vandenberg Air Force BasePhoto: U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hanah Abercrombie
Coincidence or not, we’re just hoping that both sides don’t escalate matters any further. National security advisor John Bolton is constantly talking shit about Venezuela, Iran, and North Korea. And given his rhetoric of the past few days, there’s a real chance he could trip on his dick and get us all into a messy war in any of those countries.


President Trump reportedly doesn’t want to start a new war, according to a report in the Washington Post, but that may be beside the point. When you start the machinery of the U.S. military in motion, sometimes inertia just takes you the rest of the way. Especially if you have no idea what you’re doing, as is obviously the case with President Trump.

Update, 7:45 AM ET: This article was updated to describe today’s North Korean tests as involving missiles. They were initially reported simply as “projectiles” before the South Korean military released more information.
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Elizabeth Warren says House should start impeachment proceedings for Trump

By MJ Lee, CNN Political Correspondent

Updated 1710 GMT (0110 HKT) April 20, 2019

(CNN)Sen. Elizabeth Warren called on the House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump Friday.
"The Mueller report lays out facts showing that a hostile foreign government attacked our 2016 election to help Donald Trump and Donald Trump welcomed that help. Once elected, Donald Trump obstructed the investigation into that attack," the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate wrote on Twitter. "Mueller put the next step in the hands of Congress: 'Congress has authority to prohibit a President's corrupt use of his authority in order to protect the integrity of the administration of justice.' The correct process for exercising that authority is impeachment."
Prior to this week, Warren -- like many other Democrats -- had consistently said that she would first need to first see the full report by special counsel Robert Mueller before drawing any conclusions on whether Congress should consider impeachment proceedings against the President. That question has been a divisive one for Democrats in Washington, with many in the party urging caution.


10 takeaways from the Mueller report release -- and what happens next
Warren's call for impeachment proceedings could foreshadow other national Democrats -- including additional presidential candidates -- following suit in the coming days.
The Massachusetts Democrat on Saturday doubled down on her support for initiating impeachment proceedings, telling reporters after a campaign rally in Keene, New Hampshire, that she felt "responsibility to speak out" after reading the special counsel's report.
"I took an oath to the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution makes clear that the accountability of the President is — lies through Congress, and that's the impeachment process," she said.
Warren said Saturday she has not spoken to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi or "any other Democrat" on the issue of impeachment proceedings.
On Friday, Warren said on Twitter: "To ignore a President's repeated efforts to obstruct an investigation into his own disloyal behavior would inflict great and lasting damage on this country, and it would suggest that both the current and future Presidents would be free to abuse their power in similar ways."
Warren, a vocal critic of Trump, also said that the "the severity of this misconduct demands that elected officials in both parties set aside political considerations and do their constitutional duty. That means the House should initiate impeachment proceedings against the President of the United States."
According to a Warren aide, the senator, who was flying back to Boston from Salt Lake City on Thursday, began reading the redacted Mueller report on the plane. She continued reading into the night after getting home. When she was finished, she felt it was her "duty" publicly share her thoughts, the aide added.
The aide also told CNN that Warren's decision to call on impeachment proceedings does not mean that the topic of impeachment will become the central theme of her 2020 campaign going forward. Warren plans to continue to roll out major policy proposals and discuss on the stump how she believes Washington is "broken," according to the aide.
CNN's Daniella Diaz and Savannah Behrmann contributed to this report.
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Americans' support for impeaching Trump rises: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Chris Kahn
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of Americans who said President Donald Trump should be impeached rose 5 percentage points to 45 percent since mid-April, while more than half said multiple congressional probes of Trump interfered with important government business, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday.

FILE PHOTO - U.S. President Donald Trump waits to welcome Slovakia's Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
The opinion poll, conducted on Monday, did not make clear whether investigation-fatigued Americans wanted House of Representatives Democrats to pull back on their probes or press forward aggressively and just get impeachment over with.
The question is an urgent one for senior Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives, who are wrestling with whether to launch impeachment proceedings, despite likely insurmountable opposition to it in the Republican-controlled Senate.
On Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi re-emphasized that the leaders of the investigative committees in the Democratic-controlled House were taking a step-by-step approach.
“This is very methodical, it’s very Constitution-based,” Pelosi said. “We won’t go any faster than the facts take us, or any slower than the facts take us.”
In addition to the 45 percent pro-impeachment figure, the Monday poll found that 42 percent of Americans said Trump should not be impeached. The rest said they had no opinion.

Polling on the president

In comparison, an April 18-19 survey found that 40 percent of all Americans wanted to impeach Trump.

The latest poll showed stronger support for impeachment among Democrats and independents.
It also showed that 57 percent of adults agreed that continued investigations into Trump would interfere with important government business. That included about half of all Democrats and three-quarters of all Republicans.
After a nearly two-year investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller of Trump and Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, House Democrats are pursuing multiple inquiries into Trump’s presidency, his family and his business interests.
Trump is stonewalling at least a half-dozen such inquiries, refusing to disclose his tax returns, invoking executive privilege to keep the unredacted Mueller report under wraps and filing unprecedented lawsuits to block House investigators.
“It’s becoming a circus over there” in Washington, said Fatima Alsrogy, 36, a T-shirt designer from Dallas who took the poll. “There are so many more important things the country needs to pay attention to right now.”
Alsrogy, an independent, thinks Trump should be impeached. Yet she also wishes lawmakers would do more to improve the healthcare system for self-employed people like her.
“I bought my own (health) insurance on an Obamacare exchange,” she said. “It’s a huge expense, and I don’t know if Obamacare is going to be amended or taken away. It’s stressful.”
The poll also found that 32 percent agreed that Congress treated the Mueller report fairly, while 47 percent disagreed.

Trump’s popularity was unchanged from a similar poll that ran last week - 39 percent of adults said they approved of Trump, while 55 percent said they disapproved.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online in English, throughout the United States. It gathered responses from 1,006 adults and had a credibility interval, a measure of precision, of about 4 percentage points.
Reporting by Chris Kahn; Editing by Kevin Drawbaugh and Peter Cooney
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美国的天可能真要塌了！美国专家：决非危言耸听！

2019-05-13 06:26 美国 /武器 /特朗普

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“美国的天可能真要塌了”！

这样的话，听起来多少有点危言耸听的感觉，但是，这种论调并不是来自于“标题党”或者一般网友的“研究”，而是出自于美国知名刊物《外交》杂志发表的弗莱彻法律与外交学院国际政治学教授的文章——作者丹尼尔·德雷兹纳教授指出：美国实力的源头正在枯竭。

这位美国知名教授的文章，从三个方面论证指出：“美国的天可能真要塌了！”

第一，作者认为美国的“地基”岌岌可危。文章指出，在面对气候变化、中东问题、恐怖主义、贸易以及不扩散核武器等问题时，美国已经无法保持“和平心态”，因而导致观察人士质疑“美国领导全球秩序的生命力”——而确保美国对外政策方向正确的防护措施，在特朗普上台后已经变得“破败不堪”，支撑自由主义国际秩序的美国地基岌岌可危。作者提醒：美国要思考自由国际秩序终结可能会发生什么情况。

第二，作者认为美国外交正在失去国内制约。文章指出，美国所谓的“进步派”和“保守派”已经进退失据，对外政策表面上的“一致性”掩盖了美国部分实力开始衰落的事实。观点如下：一是，舆论不再是真正约束决策者的力量；二是，美国大部分人不再思考对外政策，而思想界的分崩离析导致美国人失去对专家的信任；三是，行政部门权力过分集中，国会陷入政治僵局和两极分化，国会两党把对外政策当作选举的玩物——而特朗普总统则通过侮辱和凌霸盟友、发动贸易战、退出一大批多边协定的方式，破坏现存的机制。

第三，“特朗普伤疤”难以愈合。虽然作者还在比较乐观地表示特朗普后的总统会“恢复美国对外政策的理性”，但作者同时指出 ，美国政治两极分化让后来者无法回到中间立场，只能向民粹派或极端保守派靠拢，国会已经无法发挥建设性作用。作者认为，更加严重的问题是，特朗普造成的伤疤使外部很难再相信美国，只有“轻信者才会认为美国的承诺值得信赖”。

舆论认为，仅仅从这篇文章的观点和分析来看，作者还算是一个难得的清醒者，在美国思想和舆论界被特朗普灌输了太多“美国第一”的麻醉剂以后，箸还能敏锐地指出美国当前对外政策存在的问题，这很难得——但可惜的是，作者始终无法摆脱站在美国“老大式”的立场上来看问题，因此，作者并没有看出美国面临问题的实质。

首先，在作者眼中，“美国的天可能真要塌了”只不过是美国控制和称霸世界的天可能可塌了，作者的担心也不过是美国霸权秩序的动摇——并且，作者把这一切归诸于“特朗普伤疤”，导致作者无法看清美国问题的本质。

其次，作者所谓的“美国地基”，只不过是美国打着“自由主义国际”秩序的霸权秩序。虽然作者把它作为美国领导全球秩序的“生命力”，事实却是美国冷战后想要构建单极领导的国际秩序违反了时代潮流——美国打着自由主义名义输出的战争与“颜色革命”，不仅造成了世界多个地区的混乱，也让更多的国家看清了美国推动的“民主化浪潮”的根本目的。时至今日，美国的这一招数，已经很难骗人了。

再次，所谓美国“外交失去国内制约”，这是美国资本主义模式发展到一定阶段不可避免的产物，无论是美国政府，还是国会两党，已经越来越成为金融资本和军工集团利益的代言人，它们已经沦落到只为少数人利益代言，只为少数集团利益发展对外关系，而这正是美国公众不关心对外政策的根源，美国民主、共和两党只不过是不同利益集团主导国家政策的工具，在这种情况下谈所谓的“国内制约”，根本就是天方夜谭。

至于所谓“特朗普伤疤”，也根本算不上是一个问题。进入21世纪，随着大国的崛起与美国实力的相对衰落，美国的对外政策已经无可避免地向着保守激进的方向发展，这已经成为美国政界和学界的共识，无论哪个政党候选人上台，都无法改变这一趋势，特朗普只不过是当前美国政治气候条件下出现的一个必然产物而已。因此，尽管特朗普上台后采取了几近颠覆式的对外政策，但他仍然获得了足够的支持度。因此，这已经不是特朗普个人的问题，而是美国整个社会的问题了。

物必自腐而后虫生之。如果说，“美国的天可能真要塌了”，那也只能是美国自己推倒了它赖以强大的“擎天柱”。因此，美国人寄希望出现一个“救世主”式的人物来挽救今日美国的危机，进而抚平“特朗普伤疤”，无疑是天方夜间谭式的幻想。返回搜狐，查看更多


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The days of the United States may really have collapsed! American expert: It is not an alarmist!
2019-05-13 06:26 United States /Weapons /Trump

The first military author: Ge's Executive

"The days of the United States may really have collapsed!"

In this case, it sounds a little alarmist. However, this argument does not come from the "research" of the "headline party" or the average netizen, but from the Fletcher law published in the well-known American journal "Diplomatic". An article by Professor of International Politics at the School of Foreign Affairs - Professor Daniel Drezner pointed out that the source of American power is drying up.

The article by a well-known American professor argued from three aspects: "The days of the United States may really fall!"

First, the author believes that the "foundation" of the United States is at stake. The article points out that in the face of climate change, the Middle East issue, terrorism, trade, and the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, the United States has been unable to maintain a "peace mentality", which has led observers to question "the vitality of the United States leading the global order" - and to ensure The correct protection measures for the US foreign policy have become "destroyed" after Trump took office, and the American foundation that supports the liberal international order is at stake. The author reminds: The United States should think about what might happen at the end of the free international order.

Second, the author believes that US diplomacy is losing domestic restrictions. The article pointed out that the so-called "progressives" and "conservatives" in the United States have already lost ground. The "consistency" on the surface of foreign policy has masked the fact that some of the strength of the United States has begun to decline. The views are as follows: First, public opinion is no longer the force that really constrains decision makers; second, most people in the United States no longer think about foreign policy, and the disintegration of the ideological world leads Americans to lose trust in experts; third, administrative power Over-concentrated, Congress is in a political stalemate and polarization, and the two parties in Congress regard foreign policy as a plaything of elections—and President Trump destroys by insulting and slamming allies, launching trade wars, and withdrawing from a large number of multilateral agreements. Existing mechanisms.

Third, "Trump scars" are difficult to heal. Although the author is still optimistic that Trump's post-presidential will "restore the rationality of US foreign policy," the author also pointed out that the polarization of American politics has made it impossible for latecomers to return to the middle position, only to the Narodnik or to the extreme conservative. As the faction moves closer, Congress has been unable to play a constructive role. The author believes that the more serious problem is that the scars caused by Trump make it difficult for the outside world to trust the United States. Only the "believers will believe that the US commitment is trustworthy."

Public opinion believes that from the point of view and analysis of this article, the author is still a rare sober person. After the American thought and public opinion was instilled by Trump with too much "American first" anesthetic, he can still It is hard to point out the problems existing in the current US foreign policy. But unfortunately, the author has never been able to get rid of the standpoint of standing in the "big boss" position of the United States. Therefore, the author does not see the essence of the problem facing the United States. .

First of all, in the eyes of the author, "The days of the United States may really collapse." It’s just that the days in which the United States controls and dominates the world may collapse. The author’s fears are nothing but the shake of the American hegemonic order — and the authors take it all. Due to "Trump scars", the author could not see the essence of the American problem.

Secondly, the author's so-called "American foundation" is nothing but the hegemonic order of the United States in the "liberal international" order. Although the author regards it as the "living power" of the United States to lead the global order, the fact is that the international order that wants to build unipolar leadership after the Cold War in the United States violates the trend of the times - the war and the "color revolution" that the United States exported in the name of liberalism. Not only has it caused chaos in many parts of the world, but it has also enabled more countries to see the fundamental purpose of the "democratization wave" promoted by the United States. Today, this trick of the United States has been difficult to deceive.

Third, the so-called "diplomatic loss of domestic restrictions" is an inevitable outcome of the development of the American capitalist model to a certain stage. Both the US government and the two parties in Congress have increasingly become the spokespersons of the interests of financial capital and military industry groups. They have fallen to the point of saying only for the interests of a few people, and only develop foreign relations for the interests of a few groups. This is the root cause of the US public’s disregard for foreign policy. The US Democratic and Republican parties are merely tools for different interest groups to dominate national policies. In this case, talking about the so-called "domestic constraints" is simply a fantasy.

As for the so-called "Trump scar", it is not a problem at all. In the 21st century, with the rise of the great powers and the relative decline of American power, the US foreign policy has inevitably moved toward a conservative and radical direction. This has become the consensus of the US political and academic circles, no matter which party candidate is on the stage, Unable to change this trend, Trump is just an inevitable product of the current political climate in the United States. Therefore, although Trump took a near-subversive foreign policy after taking office, he still received sufficient support. Therefore, this is not a personal problem for Trump, but a problem for the entire society of the United States.

Things will be self-corrupted and then worms will be born. If we say, "The days of the United States may really have collapsed," it can only be that the United States itself has pushed down its powerful "Optimus Prime". Therefore, the Americans hope that a "savior"-style character will be saved to save the crisis in the United States today, and thus the "Trump scar" will be undoubtedly the fantasy of the heavenly night. Go back to Sohu and see more