NIkkei Asian Review

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	China up close December 21, 2019

	Did Xi surrender to Trump?   China struggles to silence  chatter When the U.S. and China reached a "phase one" trade deal late last week,  neither Saturday's prime-time news program on state-run China Central  Television nor the Sunday edition of the People's Daily spoke a word of it,  despite the media fanfare that hit much of the rest of the globe. Nevertheless, a quiet debate is taking place among Chinese political  junkies, be they intellectuals or ordinary citizens. They are asking,  "Did Chinese President Xi Jinping just surrender to U.S.  President Donald Trump?" With none of the existing tariffs on China canceled, chatter  has it that most everything in the deal was Beijing meeting  U.S. demands.
	Selected for you US-China trade war hits American farms as  bankruptcies soar Midwest flooding and decreased exports push insolvency  filings to 8-year high Even Xi can't turn Macao into an international   finance center Hong Kong's position will remain secure until the mainland itself  fully opens up Ahead of Xi's visit, Japan troubled by Senkaku  incursions China sends record number of vessels to Japanese-held islands in 2019 Flood of Chinese onions show Nepal's push to  ease India reliance Kathmandu responds to Indian export ban by looking north Malaysia reinstates China Railway for $30bn  Kuala Lumpur project Bandar Malaysia will be 60% owned by CREC and local partner China corporate subsidies swell further in 2019 as  US cries foul Handouts up 15% so far, with Sinopec and carmakers receiving the most China's 1st home-built carrier deploys to  South China Sea Newly commissioned Shandong tasked with handling future  Taiwan crisis Lenovo founder Liu Chuanzhi set to retire 75-year-old to bow out after more than 30 years in charge  of PC maker