Assessing China’s Leadership in the North Korean Crisis
The ongoing nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula is testing Beijing’s ability to assume Northeast Asian leadership in the interest…
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China’s North Korea Policy: Backtracking from Sunnylands?
In recent months, China has affected a sterner disposition toward North Korea, reflecting growing frustration with its errant neighbor. But…
Dealing with a Sore Lip: Parsing China’s “Recalculation” of North Korea Policy
Chinese media went wild—as wild as censored media gets—immediately following North Korea’s third nuclear test in February 2013. Global Times…
The 18th Party Congress Crosses the Yalu: Implications for China’s North Korea Policy
All eyes were on Beijing as the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 18th Party Congress ushered in the Xi Jinping era,…