[Genoa]

When Trump says China is trying really hard to resolve the issue, it’s just a sly way of saying they aren’t trying very hard.

[Disestablishmentarian]

Halting trade deficit with China is an important campaign promise.

This would KEEP that PROMISE, in addition to possibly halting (not permanently fixing!) the NorK problem

MAGA

America first!

Sell vast quantities of conventional weapons to RoK & Japan, and then back them up 100% while they take out NorK.

I wonder if China would think that is fair.

[fivecatsandadog]

uh, F U China and the egg roll you rode in on.

[gaijin]

China is FULL of scams:

fake eggs, fake beer, fake construction materials, I don’t even mention handbags and watches cuz that’s obvious...the list is endless. I have a high-earning friend there who REFUSES to buy a home in China because he believes you must be on-scene PERSONALLY at all time to observe construction in order to not be ripped off.

If the matter were dealing with foreigners, particularly those you harbored a 100-year grievance against, how much HIGHER might the traditional chinese Scam Impulse be..?

100% more likely..? A MILLION PERCENT..? Probably higher.

This has CHINESE SCAM written alllll over it; the Norks act badly so CHINA doesn’t have to.

Whenver the NorkCrap hits the fan, China very maturely, very gravely, gets out their amazing Magic Want, and presto..!

The Nork problem goes away, the USA has expended great political capital, and as if by some miracle, the USA owes China a whole bunch of stuff and has been distracted from trade matters and the South China Sea:

YOU SEE HOW THIS WORKS..?

It’s friggin OBVIOUS.

ANY time the Norks pull this stuff we should instantly shift our gaze to CHINA, cuz that’s who is really behind this.

[Professional]

The USA will not do crap. No, we’ll allow our enemies to nuke us to smithereens when they have the chance. Our destruction, all within an hour, leaving Israel to defend itself from Satan.

We are completely F’n doomed. We have no guts to even stop N Korea....good grief... A few years ago I thought this all a joke...not anymore.

[CodeToad]

Well, it’s not like China gets a say in what Trump does. It isn’t up to them to accept or not accept what he does,.

China has been providing North Korea with arms, so screw China.

(P.S. I love Chinese people, but their government is fubar.)

[bk1000]

They don’t want to get stuck with a bazillion iPhone 8s that are ready to ship.

[Bratch]

China Says President Trump Being “Unfair” as Australia Joins-In Calling Out Beijing…

Posted on September 4, 2017 by sundance

As anticipated China responds to President Trump calling out the continuing enabling of their proxy province North Korea.  Beijing cites the possible trade leverage decision by the U.S. as “unfair”.

Panda has sad:

BEIJING (AP) — China on Monday criticized President Donald Trump’s threat to cut off U.S. trade with countries that deal with North Korea and rejected pressure to do more to halt the North’s nuclear development.

Trump issued the threat after North Korea on Sunday exploded a thermonuclear device in its sixth and most powerful nuclear test. The threat was seen as a warning to China, North Korea’s main trading partner and only major ally.

A foreign ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang, criticized Trump’s stance as unfair to Beijing.

“What is definitely unacceptable to us is that on the one hand we work so hard to peacefully resolve this issue and on the other hand our interests are subject to sanctions and jeopardized,” Geng said at a regular news briefing. “This is unfair.”

Such an approach would be drastic if applied to China, from which the United States imports goods worth about $40 billion a month.

Trump said it was under consideration “in addition to other options.”

Asked whether Beijing would support tougher U.N. sanctions such as cutting off oil supplies to North Korea, Geng didn’t mention oil but said whatever happened would depend on discussions among council members. Geng said China, one of five permanent Security Council members with power to veto U.N. actions, would take part in a “responsible and constructive way.”

Geng expressed frustration at Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s comment that Beijing had a responsibility to influence North Korea due to its status as the North’s main trading partner.

“We keep stressing that we cannot solely rely on China to resolve this issue,” said Geng. “We need all parties to work in the same direction.” (AP link)

Seemingly missed by the media is all of the prior advanced legwork put in by the Trump Administration in the months leading up to these moments.

FULL OUTLINE HERE

[Sirius Lee]

"This is unfair."

And?

[Joe Boucher]

Then reign in your attack dog, chi-com a holes.

[PghBaldy]

Every now and then, some official Chinese government organ threatens to literally nuke us. Someday people will see what a horrible mistake we have lived withdince 1972...

[Reno89519]

Oops, guess they realize they are first in line for sanctions. Overdue. If they don’t want, then they had better stop all commerce with North Korea. Not really difficult and comparing $646 billion vs. $2.96 in 2016, shouldn’t be much of a challenge to make the call.

[Thibodeaux]

In this instance, the President is just blowing smoke. The American people like Chinese stuff and if it stops, his Presidency is over.

The china bashers are far outnumbered by those that like stuff.

We can’t make the stuff at a price that is competitive with china or much of the world

[Eddie01]

China has never acted like anything other than a fully grown mountain troll.

Unsophisticated. 0 imagination - Mao purged the intellectuals.

They spent thousands of years building a wall only to let the enemy in over a chick.

The forbidden city buried the Emperor’s (psychotic loser) concubines alive.

Imagine that? Jack the Ripper as an government institution.

Pee in the street. Pee on the highway. That’s a class civilization.

Shitter splitters let the youth take a dump on a piece of sidewalk cardboard. Right next to western factories.

China is a nothing burger communist shithole.

For all those who have not been (or lived as an expat), you are not qualified to comment because you can not comprehend the level of mob corruption that is their government.

The churches are denied heat - and no sermons are allowed. That is China.

The Christian expats suck it up and revel in the cold hour of Godless fellowship.

F China!

[arthurus]

Xi doesn’t have to accept it
but he will have to live with it.

[Reverend Wright]

I’m looking forward to much more “unfairness” toward China in the near future.

[Wuli]

It’s a very simple set of questions to China.

Do you or do you not want to see an end to North Korea’s nuclear arms ambitions?

If you don’t, or if you don’t care whether or not North Korea does end it’s nuclear arms ambitions, then we have nothing to talk about and discussion with you about North Korea is over.

If you do agree that North Korea’s nuclear arms ambitions must end, unconditionally - because what it will do if not ended - it will start a nuclear arms race with your neighbors, then like us you should want all possible pressure on North Korea to be applied until it chooses to end its nuclear arms race.

As long as North Korea has good trade relations with any nation, at any level, it will find the means economically to continue its nuclear arms ambitions; no matter what the cost is to its own people.

Therefore, instead of China complaining about the possible trade sanctions the U.S. might impose, it should be joining the U.S. in agreement on them, and agree to impose them herself in its, China’s, trade relations.

Why? Because it is in China’s national interest. Why? China does not want to see South Korea and Japan with robust anti-missile systems and nuclear arms of their own. And if North Korea’s nuclear arms ambitions do not end, that is what the results will be.

Instead of complaining, China should be together with the U.S. on this.

[KittenClaws]

I would love to cut off trade with China.

I’ve had to give up canned oysters (China) my wardrobe hasn’t had a good update in years (China) and many other things...all because Chinese products have taken over the shelves.

We CAN do without Chinese trade, I lived at least half of my life without Chinese trade.

[dragnet2]

This is Communist Chinese bull s**t.

Their trading partner and good friend North Korea, is threatening the U.S. and launching missiles and detonating nukes but these Communist AH’s tell us this trade strategy is unacceptable?

BS...

[Chgogal]

Well China, your proxy nuclear asshole is causing a lot of trouble. Kill him and his generals and trade will not be affected.