美中关系

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(a) 海涛, 媒体观察：川普习近平通话，美中关系再遇瓶颈？ VOA Chinese, July 3, 2017.
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voa ... 170703/3926375.html

Note:
(i) "美国媒体报道，双方谈到了朝鲜问题和台湾问题。"  It is unclear which 美国媒体 -- definitely not Reuters. See (iv).
(ii) "就在过去的周末 [June 30, 外交部发言人陆慷主持例行记者会時]，中国外交部说，1984年签订的解决香港问题的中英联合公报已经成为历史不具现实意义。马上有很多网友指出，若解决香港问题的中英联合声明已成历史，那么，旨在处理台湾问题的美中三个联合公报也不应例外。
(iii) "川普和习近平这次通话到底谈了些什么？ 新华社周一发了一个简短报道，基本上是说，两人就两国关系泛泛而谈。报道没有提到 '台湾问题，' 只是说 '涉台问题。' 新华的报道也没有提到 '朝鲜问题，' 只是在报道接近尾声时说了一句：'双方还谈及朝鲜半岛和平稳定等问题。' "
(iv) "而路透社周一报道说：两国领导人重申致力于朝鲜半岛的无核化。路透社说，川普对中方不能更好驾驭朝鲜而日益不满。"

Not 不满. See Jeff Mason, Trump Discusses North Korea Threat in Calls with China, Japan Leaders. Reuters, July 3, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-leaders-idUSKBN19N02R
("Trump has become increasingly frustrated with China's inability to rein in North Korea")
(v) "邓聿文曾是中国中央党校的学者，因在朝鲜问题上大胆建言而被撤职，现在是独立作家。"

邓聿文, 中国应该重估中朝关系.  金融时报, Mar 1, 2013.
www.ftchinese.com/story/001049186

(b) 黎堡, 台湾力图兼顾美国军售与台海稳定. VOA Chinese, July 3, 2017.
https://www.voachinese.com/a/Tai ... ension/3925841.html

two consecutive paragraphs:

"台湾方面针对美国近日来采取的多项 '友台' 措施表示欢迎，但对美方宣布这些措施的时机和力度显得有些惊讶。

"仅仅一个星期前，执政的民进党驻美国代表处主任彭光理(Michael Fonte)还对美国之音说，他不认为川普政府会在中共召开19大前宣布对台军售。 * * * 认识蔡英文多年、熟悉她工作方式的彭光理

(c) 申华, CNN：川普习近平的 '哥们儿关系' 掰了？
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voa ... 170703/3926145.html

Note:
(i) "川习哥们儿（Bromance）"

bromance (n): "informal a close but nonsexual relationship between two men"  Google
(ii) "美国上星期在北京一家新开业的豪华酒店内的牛排餐厅，举办了一场庆祝中国解除对进口美国牛肉禁令的活动，参加者大快朵颐。 * * * 不过，上星期四美国政府同时发表两项声明，给这场庆祝活动蒙上阴影。"

On Friday, June 30, in Beijing, Ambassador to China Terry Branstad (who had arrived in Beijing on June 27); US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue; Nebraska Department of Agriculture Director Greg Ibach; Craig Uden, president of National Cattlemen's Beef Association; and Luan Richeng, of state-owned Chinese importer COFCO
ceremonially cuts into a (cooked) Nebraska prime rib. No report says it was a restaurant or anybody ate it. It was just a ceremonially cut; though the Nebraska chunk was huge (about the size of four loaves of bread), it is not as it could feed a hundred.


, which is based on

Ben Westcott and Zachary Cohen, US, China Relations Begin to Cool as Trump's Honeymoon with Xi Ends. CNN, June 30, 2017.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/30/as ... th-korea/index.html

My comment: This report was written a day after the flurry of announcement on Thursday, June 29. It said nothing important; there is no need to read it. This CNN report does not use bromance.

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(2) 特习又通电话，不再甜言蜜语？ 德国之声, July 3, 2017
www.dw.com/zh/特习又通电话不再甜言蜜语/a-39516072
("特朗普先与日本首相安倍晋三通了电话，话题仍围绕朝鲜核计划导致的地区紧张局势")

My comment: There is no need to read the rest of this report, which is duplicative.

(3) 夏小华, 台湾回应 '特习热线' 看法. RFA, July 3, 2017.
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hx-07032017093642.html

three consecutive paragraphs:

"中国大陆官媒新华社发布的新闻稿则指出，习近平对特朗普强调：'我和总统先生在海湖庄园会晤以来，中美关系取得重要成果。与此同时，两国关系也受到一些消极因素的影响，中方已向美方表明了立场。我们很重视总统先生重申美国政府坚持奉行一个中国政策，希望美方切实按照一个中国原则和中美三个联合公报妥善处理涉台问题。'

"大陆官媒报导还指出：'特朗普表示，我愿重申，美国政府继续坚持一个中国政策，这一立场没有变化。'

"在台湾，总统府发言人黄重谚表示：'没有特别评论的必要。'  媒体追问原因？黄重谚说：'中国（大陆）媒体有关这一类的谈话，我想长久以来常常有一些、、、我想就不用在特别说明，比方说之前美国国务卿克里访问的时候的谈话，其实也一度被包括中国（大陆）外交部在内，可能帮他说了没有说的话，那美国国务院后来作了否认，基本上，我们是民主国家，我们对『媒体』是有很严格的定义，所以这单方面的报导，我们就不再评论。'

Note: You see. Taiwan has officially addressed PRC as "China."