In this video, I speak through how China moved from a country struggling with smog to become the “OPEC of renewable energy.”
中国4月零售销售几乎停滞，融资数据却仍在扩张。国家统计局数据显示，4月份社会消费品零售总额同比仅增长0.2%，较3月1.7%的增速继续放缓。中国人民银行稍早公布的数据则显示，4月末社会融资规模存量为456.89万亿元，同比增长7.8%。
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The US lacks a strategy to manage China's return as a great power, former UN Security Council president Kishore Mahbubani tells Mishal Husain.
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Equally troubling for Taiwan’s government was Mr Trump’s suggestion that providing arms to Taiwan might encourage Mr Lai to declare independence. “They have somebody there now that wants to go independent,” he said. “If you kept it the way it is, I think China is going to be okay with that. But we’re not looking to have somebody say let’s go independent because the United States is backing us.”
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Trump’s public openness to negotiating with Beijing over America’s posture on Taiwan will serve as the diplomatic equivalent of a matador waving a red flag in front of a bull. It will cause Beijing to intensify its efforts to test the boundaries of what it can gain in terms of loosening America’s commitment to Taiwan’s security.
Trump acknowledged that the U.S. had pledged under the1982 "six assurances" policy not to consult with China about arms sales to Taiwan, but seemingly dismissed that promise as outdated.
"What am I going to do, say I don't want to talk to you about it because I have an agreement wrote in 1982? No, we discussed arms sales."
"I'll be making decisions," Trump said, before noting that his priority was to avoid a war.