Day: November 28, 2019
Stevenson’s army, November 28
Happy Thanksgiving. Why wait? There’s lots of interesting news today.
The president signed the Hong Kong bills. Here’s a summary. And the second bill also signed.
The Chinese reaction, according to Politico:— @HuXijin_GT, a
closely watched reporter for a state-controlled Chinese newspaper:
“Based what I know, out of respect for President Trump, the US and its
people, China is considering to put the drafters of the Hong Kong Human
Rights and Democracy Act on the no-entry list, barring them from
entering Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao.”“Furious, China summons US ambassador over Hong Kong bills”:
“China reacted furiously Thursday to President Donald Trump’s signing
two bills aimed at supporting human rights in Hong Kong, summoning the
U.S. ambassador to protest and warning the move would undermine
cooperation with Washington. …
“Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng told U.S. Ambassador Terry Branstad that the move constituted ‘serious interference in China’s internal affairs and a serious violation of international law,’ a foreign ministry statement said.
Meanwhile, note how China has expanded its diplomatic capabilities.
The administration wants to cut US contributions to NATO
It gives jobs to dissenters
And I agree with CSIS argument against moving foreign economic policy outside the NSC.
My SAIS colleague Charlie Stevenson distributes this almost daily news digest of foreign/defense/national security policy to “Stevenson’s army” via Googlegroups. I plan to republish here. If you want to get it directly, To get Stevenson’s army by email, send a blank email (no subject or text in the body) to stevensons-army+subscribe@googlegroups.com. You’ll get an email confirming your join request. Click “Join This Group” and follow the instructions to join. Once you have joined, you can adjust your email delivery preferences (if you want every email or a digest of the emails).
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