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03.11.16China Has Unblocked Internet Searches That Refer to Kim Jong-Un as a ‘Pig’
Time
Experts say it may be a sign of China's displeasure with Kim's nuclear buildup.
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02.26.16U.S. and China Agree on Proposal for Tougher North Korea Sanctions
New York Times
The two countries reached a resolution after intense negotiations over the last seven weeks.
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02.12.16Senate Approves New North Korea Sanctions
CNN
The Senate approved sanctions against North Korea for carrying out missile tests, cybersecurity attacks and human rights abuses.
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02.10.16Will China Take Kim Jong-Un's Insult Lying Down?
Newsweek
North Korea has conducted a nuclear weapon test and an intercontinental ballistic missile test as Beijing tries to repair frayed ties with Pyongyang.
Conversation
02.09.16
What New Approach Should the U.S. and China Take to North Korea?
On Sunday, North Korea launched a long range rocket many see as a test of its capability to launch a missile attack against the U.S., defying both American and Chinese pressure not do so. Republican U.S. presidential candidates argued Washington...
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02.09.16Q. and A.: Yan Xuetong Urges China to Adopt a More Assertive Foreign Policy
New York Times
Director at Tsinghua University advocates "moral realism" as China challenges the US for world leadership.
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02.08.16China Struggles for Balance in Response to North Korea’s Boldness
New York Times
North Korea's Kim Jong-un emphatically ignores China’s entreaties to refrain from launching a rocket.
Conversation
01.06.16
The North Korean Bomb Test—What's Next?
On Wednesday, North Korea claimed that it had tested a hydrogen bomb, bringing to four the number of nuclear weapons it has set off on its own territory since 2006. The act drew international condemnation, prompting us to ask: What’s different this...
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01.06.16No. Korea Tested a Nuclear Bomb on China’s Doorstep, and China is Not Pleased
Quartz
In Yanji, a trade hub between the two countries, desks and tables swayed and people were evacuated from buildings.
Media
10.13.15
Chinese Censors Are Giving North Korea a P.R. Makeover
On October 10, Liu Yunshan, a member of the elite Politburo Standing Committee and one of the seven most powerful men in China, paid a visit to North Korea to observe a massive parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Worker’...
Media
07.02.15
On the Border
Minutes after we turned off the main road and into the Tumen Economic Development Zone, we spotted a group of workers weeding along an access road.From afar, all we could make out in the gentle early morning light was that they were women in...
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07.01.15China Invites Kim Jong Un to Beijing in September
Wall Street Journal
China has invited Kim Jong Un to attend events in Beijing in September to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Two Way Street
05.12.15
We Need to Stay Coolheaded
from Two Way Street
In recent years, a noticeable change has occurred in China-U.S. relations. The “problem areas” where the two countries tend to clash are increasing in both number and scope, and there has been a greater degree of hostility in judgments about the...
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04.22.15China Warns North Korea’s Nuclear Arsenal is Expanding
Agence France-Presse
China's communist ally may already have 20 warheads and the enrichment capacity to double that number in a year.
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01.07.15North Korean Defector: ‘Bureau 121’ Hackers Operating in China
CNN
On the streets of the neon-lit Chinese city of Shenyang, you'll find a restaurant, hotel, and other businesses owned and operated by the North Korean government. You'll also find a secret network of North Korean hackers, known as Bureau...
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01.05.15China Lodges Protest after North Korea Man ‘Kills Four’
BBC
"China's public security bureau will handle the case according to law," a ministry spokeswoman said, suggesting the suspect will be prosecuted in China rather than handed back to Pyongyang.
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12.22.14Opinion: In Response to Sony Hack, U.S. Should Focus on China Not North Korea
Christian Science Monitor
Mr. Obama’s punt is not a big surprise as there simply are no good options for responding to North Korea. How do you calibrate a “proportional response” when not countering a military attack but one that targets freedom of expression?
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12.22.14China Said to Probe U.S. Claims of North Korea Role in Sony Hack
Bloomberg
The dispute between the U.S. and North Korea is escalating after hackers forced Sony to pull a comedy movie about the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, exposed Hollywood secrets, and destroyed company data.
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12.12.14The Sony Hack: China’s Half-Hearted Defense of North Korea
Businessweek
It’s not easy being one of North Korea’s only allies. Chinese President Xi Jinping doesn’t seem particularly fond of Kim Jong Un, the third-generation Kim scion who rules China’s erstwhile client state.
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11.21.14China Detains an American Who Assists North Koreans
New York Times
The aid worker, Peter Hahn, who is 73 and escaped from the North many years ago, is suspected of embezzlement and possession of fraudulent receipts, said the lawyer, Zhang Peihong.
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10.08.14China Media Criticize North Korea’s Nuclear Program
BBC
Suspicious of North Korea’s “flip flop attitude” and its motives, an article in the Beijing News reminds that one should observe North Korea’s actions instead of its words as Pyongyang's foreign policy is “usually inconsistent”.
Media
07.22.14
All Hail ‘Fatty Kim the Third’
It’s North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un as the world has never seen him. In a three-minute clip that has accumulated over 200,000 views after its early July posting on Chinese video site Tudou, a crudely photoshopped Kim dances on the street,...
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02.25.14China Faults Report Blaming North Korean Leader for Atrocities
New York Times
Chinese officials criticized a United Nations report serving notice to Kim Jong-un that he might be personally held liable in court for crimes against humanity.
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02.20.14China Set to Press North Korea Further on Nuclear Aims, Kerry Says
New York Times
Mr. Kerry urged President Xi Jinping and senior Chinese officials to “use every tool at their disposal” to persuade North Korea to rethink its decision to be a nuclear power.
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01.13.14Why Does China Coddle North Korea?
New York Times
A larger crisis on the Korean peninsula would require Chinese involvement.
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12.16.13Is North Korea Unwinding Economic Ties With China?
Businessweek
These are grim days not only for the friends and family of recently executed North Korean official Jang Song Thaek, but also for people and programs he had supported—including economic relations with China, which Jang had overseen.
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07.29.13Chinese VP’s Visit to North Korea Prompts Détente Watch
WSJ: China Real Time Report
All eyes will be watching for signs of détente over North Korea’s nuclear-weapons program when Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao becomes the highest-ranking among China’s new leadership to visit Pyongyang this week.
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07.25.13Chinese VP’s Visit to North Korea Prompts Détente Watch
WSJ: China Real Time Report
The visit comes directly after China and the U.S. held their annual Strategic & Economic Dialogue in Washington, in which how to handle North Korea was a major area of discussion, although the two countries still have not agreed on a course...
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05.28.13North Korea Special Envoy Sent to China for Talks
Huffington Post
Because Choe Ryong Hae has high-level military and ruling party positions, he can cover a variety of topics and likely will discuss security, normalization of economic ties and possible requests for aid when he meets with Chinese officials.
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04.16.13Missiles And Memorial Stones: Figuring Out North Korea And China
International Herald Tribune
Some are speculating that China is trying to ensure that U.S.-North Korean relations remain terrible, as they are, therefore increasing its influence over the region, politically, economically and strategically.
Viewpoint
04.05.13
Christopher Hill on North Korea’s Provocations
The first months of 2013 have seen a rapid intensification of combative rhetoric and action from North Korea. In the sixteen months since Kim Jong-un assumed leadership of the country, North Korea has run through the whole litany of provocations his...
Conversation
02.13.13
North Korea: How Much More Will China Take and How Should the U.S. Respond?
China is increasingly frustrated with North Korea and may even see more clearly that its actions only serve to increase allied unity, stimulate Japanese militarism and accelerate missile defense. For all these reasons the U.S. should lean on Beijing...
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11.28.12How Onion Spoof Slipped Past China's Humor-challenged Great Firewall
Associated Press
A spoof article about North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un being the sexiest man alive ended up a real news item in China as a result of Chinese whispers in the digital age.
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11.27.12People’s Daily Quotes the Onion: Kim Jong Eun ‘Sexiest Man Alive’
Wall Street Journal
Top Communist newspaper cited American satirical paper's slide show of North Korean leader.
Sinica Podcast
12.03.10
The Wikileaks Revelations
from Sinica Podcast
In the first of what will likely be many podcasts discussing some of the latest China-related revelations contained in the recent Wikileaks data-dump, our discussion today turns towards North Korea and Chinese diplomatic overtures suggesting that...
Reports
11.02.09
Shades of Red: China’s Debate Over North Korea
International Crisis Group
North Korea has created a number of foreign policy dilemmas for China. The latest round of provocations makes Beijing’s balancing act between supporting a traditional ally and responding to its dangerous brinkmanship more difficult, especially when...
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