MOFCOM spokesman He Yadong said at a routine press briefing on the 28th that heavy rain and flooding in southern China since the start of the flood season has prompted the ministry to step up sourcing and coordinate inventories with key supply firms in affected and surrounding areas to ensure household essentials. He said the national essential-goods market is currently operating normally and supplies are sufficient.

美国总统特朗普：伊朗以为他们能拖住我，但事实并非如此。

May 28 — At a routine briefing, MAO / CHINA was asked, citing a YONHAP question, about the U.S.-Japan-India-Australia Quad’s recent call for N. KOREA denuclearization after a N. KOREA foreign ministry spokesperson said today it would absolutely not give up nuclear weapons. MAO / CHINA said China has repeatedly set out its position on the Quad, opposes exclusive “small cliques” and bloc confrontation, and that China’s stance and policy on the Korean Peninsula remain continuous and stable.