China in the World Podcast
04.13.23
10 Years of The North Korea Challenge
from Carnegie China
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the China in the World Podcast, Carnegie China is launching a series of lookback episodes, using clips from previous interviews to put current international issues in context. This episode looks back on the...
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11.02.20
The Korean Peninsula after the U.S. Elections
from Carnegie China
The result of the upcoming U.S. presidential election will directly impact how the United States, China, and Russia approach issues on the Korean Peninsula. How would a second Trump or first Biden administration deal with North Korea? How do...
China in the World Podcast
05.27.20
Coronavirus and the Korean Peninsula
from Carnegie China
As nations confront the pandemic, rumors of Kim Jong-un’s death and a flurry of North Korean missile tests injected even more uncertainty in the international landscape. How do views in Washington, Seoul, and Beijing differ or align on North Korea?...
04.18.19
North Korean Group Establishes Second Representative Office
According to information available on the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) website, the North Korea International Trade Promotion Council successfully registered a representative office in Dalian city, Liaoning province on April 11. This is the...
China in the World Podcast
04.15.19
Susan Thornton on a Crisis in U.S.-China Relations
from Carnegie China
Over three years into Trump’s presidency, U.S.-China trade and economic issues remain unresolved while security concerns are creeping into the bilateral agenda. Thornton contends that Washington and Beijing should quickly agree on an initial trade...
China in the World Podcast
09.20.18
North Korea Diplomacy and U.S.-China Relations
from Carnegie China
Paul Haenle joined Kaiser Kuo to discuss next steps for DPRK diplomacy and tensions between the United States and China over trade, Taiwan, and the Belt and Road Initiative. Haenle shared his experience working as White House representative to the...
China in the World Podcast
09.12.18
China and the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review
from Carnegie China
The Trump administration’s Nuclear Posture Review, released earlier this year, emphasized the growing threat of nuclear competition in the Asia-Pacific, specifically with reference to Russia, North Korea, and China. In this podcast, Tong Zhao, of...
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07.11.18Crisis in U.S. Nuclear Talks With Pyongyang Not China’s Doing, Experts Say
Foreign Policy
President Donald Trump has suggested that China might be to blame for an apparent crisis in nuclear talks between the United States and North Korea — arguing that Beijing could be undermining the agreement because of anger over the escalating trade...
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06.21.18China’s Rust-Belt Region Has a New Hope for Revival: North Korea
South China Morning Post
China’s rust-belt region, which has been plagued by an inefficient state economy and exodus of talent, is now pinning its hopes on a new factor to help its revival: North Korea.
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06.19.18Kim Jong-un Returns to China, This Time With Leverage
New York Times
North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday amid an escalating trade conflict between China and the United States, one that gives him an opening to play the powers against each other as Washington presses him to dismantle his...
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06.13.18The Unexpected Winner From the Trump-Kim Summit: China
Wall Street Journal
China is setting its sights on a key role in North Korea’s future, seeking to be part of any peace treaty, weapons inspections and economic assistance, after emerging as a surprise beneficiary of the summit between the U.S. and North Korean leaders.
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06.13.18China Says U.S.-North Korea Summit Offers No Lesson for Taiwan Ties
Reuters
A warming of ties between the United States and North Korea does not mean China will reach out to Taiwan for a similar summit, the Chinese government said on Wednesday.
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06.12.18Ivanka Trump Quotes ‘Chinese Proverb,’ but China Is Baffled
New York Times
It was supposed to be a triumphant tweet.
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06.12.18How Did Kim Jong-un Get to Singapore? With Some Help From China.
New York Times
When Kim Jong-un arrived in Singapore on Sunday for his landmark summit meeting with President Trump, he stepped off a jumbo jet emblazoned with the logo of Air China and the Chinese national flag.
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06.12.18Ending Military Exercises? Trump’s Plan for North Korea Was China’s Plan First.
Washington Post
President Trump cut a deal with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un — and China is going to like it.
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06.12.18Trump’s North Korea Summit Falls Short of Nixon-Goes-To-China Moment
Reuters
Donald Trump’s dramatic meeting with North Korea’s leader may have been choreographed to look like a Nixon-goes-to-China moment, but the summit appears to have failed to secure any concrete commitments by Pyongyang for dismantling its nuclear...
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05.29.18Top Aide to Kim Jong-Un Is Bound for U.S., Trump Says
New York Times
Kim Yong-chol, one of the most trusted aides to the North’s leader, is “heading now to New York."
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05.18.18Trump Cedes Trade Leverage to China in His Quest for Kim Summit
Bloomberg
North Korea may turn out to be Chinese President Xi Jinping’s greatest ally in negotiating a trade deal with President Donald Trump.
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05.09.18Leaders of China, Japan and South Korea Will Work Together on Denuclearizing North Korea
Time
China, Japan and South Korea agreed Wednesday to cooperate on ending North Korea’s nuclear program and promoting free trade, two hot-button issues challenging their region.
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05.09.18
What Comes Next after the Panmunjom Summit?
from Carnegie China
Kim Jong-un became the first North Korean leader to set foot in South Korea at the Panmunjom Summit in April 2018, setting the stage for President Trump’s meeting with Kim in June. Just days after the summit, Paul Haenle spoke with Tong Zhao, a...
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05.08.18Kim Pays a Second Surprise Visit to China, Heightening Diplomatic Drama
New York Times
The leaders of China and North Korea met for the second time in two months on Tuesday, staying overnight in this Chinese port city as China worked to regain control in the fast-moving diplomacy over the North’s nuclear program.
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05.01.18Leaders of South Korea, Japan, China to Discuss North Korea
Associated Press
The annual trilateral summit since 2008 will focus on North Korea and its nuclear weapons.
Conversation
04.25.18
Does China Want the Koreas to Reconcile?
This Friday, April 27, the South Korean and North Korean leaders will meet in the demilitarized zone dividing their estranged countries to discuss improving relations and possibly even formally ending the Korean War, which has continued in the form...
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04.25.18China Fears Kim Is Moving out of Its Orbit as South Korea, US Talks Loom
CNN
China and North Korea boast an alliance forged in blood -- more than 130,000 Chinese troops, including the son of Mao Zedong, died defending the North during the Korean War -- but the relationship has always been an uneasy one.
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04.18.18A Glimpse of Life along China’s Border with North Korea
Wired
When Elijah Hurwitz checked into the Hilton Garden Inn in Dandong, China, he knew his room would have an extraordinary view: The hotel sits near the banks of the Yalu River overlooking North Korea. Out the window, a caravan of trucks with North...
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04.18.18Chinese President Xi Jinping Will Visit Pyongyang ‘Soon,’ Official Says
CNN
Chinese President Xi Jinping is preparing to visit the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, an official with knowledge of the discussions told CNN Wednesday.
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04.13.18U.S. Considered Blacklisting Two Chinese Banks over North Korea Ties
Bloomberg
U.S. officials alarmed by public displays of Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile technology last summer considered taking the provocative step of blacklisting two of China’s biggest banks from the U.S. financial system for doing business with North...
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04.13.18
Putin’s Fourth Term
from Carnegie China
Vladimir Putin was elected to his fourth term as president of Russia on March 18, 2018. His continued leadership has important implications for the international community, including China.
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04.10.18What China Gained From Hosting Kim Jong Un
Foreign Affairs
In late March, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who had not stepped foot outside the hermit kingdom since taking power in 2011, traveled to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time.
04.09.18
North Korean Group Establishes Foreign NGO Representative Office in Jilin Province
According to information on the Ministry of Public Security website, on April 3 a North Korean organization successfully registered its first foreign NGO representative office in China. Located in Changchun city, Jilin province, the North Korea...
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04.02.18Three Takeaways from Kim Jong Un’s Trip to China
Washington Post
What to learn from the secret meeting between Xi and Kim?
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03.31.18
Nixon in China, Trump in Pyongyang
On March 25, the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Beijing in an armored train for talks with Chinese Communist Party Secretary Xi Jinping, the first known time he traveled outside his country since his father and predecessor died in...
Conversation
03.28.18
Kim Jong-un Visits Beijing
After two days of rumors, on Wednesday March 28, the official news agencies of China and North Korea announced that North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un had just completed a visit to Beijing. The “unofficial visit,” as Xinhua put it, was Kim’s first...
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03.28.18When Xi Met Kim: How China and North Korea Depicted It
New York Times
Kim Jong-un’s surprise visit to Beijing this week to meet President Xi Jinping added an element of intrigue to talks over North Korea’s nuclear program.
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03.28.18China Says North Korea’s Kim Pledged Commitment to Denuclearization
Reuters
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged his commitment to denuclearization and to meet U.S. officials, China said on Wednesday after his meeting with President Xi Jinping, who promised China would uphold friendship with its isolated neighbor.
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03.27.18What Kim Jong-Un May Get in Reaching out to China
New York Times
A flurry of activity and speculation surrounding Beijing’s diplomatic quarter on Tuesday accompanied what officials described as an unusual, and highly secretive, visit by North Korean dignitaries, possibly even the country’s youthful leader, Kim...
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03.27.18North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un Leaves Beijing after Surprise Visit
South China Morning Post
Security returns to normal in Chinese capital as armored train pulls out.
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03.27.18Why Would Kim Jong Un Make a Secret Trip to China?
CNN
A surprise visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to China may indicate Pyongyang’s need for support from its closest ally ahead of upcoming summits with South Korea and the US.
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03.26.18North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Is Said to Be Visiting China
Bloomberg
Kim Jong Un has made a surprise visit to Beijing on his first known trip outside North Korea since taking power in 2011, three people with knowledge of the visit said.
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03.20.18China, Not North Korea, to Dominate Japan Military Planning
Reuters
North Korea’s growing missile arsenal might be the most obvious and immediate military threat facing Japan, but defense planners in Tokyo are focused on a much larger and more challenging foe as they prepare for the years ahead.
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03.15.18China, Russia Welcome Korean Peace Efforts with Diplomacy in Overdrive
Reuters
China’s President Xi Jinping offered encouragement for South Korea’s initiative to nurture peaceful engagement with North Korea, and Russia also expressed support, the South Korean official leading diplomatic efforts said on Thursday.
Conversation
03.13.18
When Trump and Kim Meet, What Will Xi Do?
On March 8, South Korea’s National Security Advisor announced that Donald Trump had agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un by May. Although now-ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson previously downplayed the announcement, a summit...
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03.12.18South Korea Moves to Ease Chinese Jitters over U.S.-North Korea Talks
CNN
South Korean officials met with Xi about Trump-Kim Meeting.
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03.07.18Talks with North Korea? China Approves (No Matter the Outcome)
New York Times
When China hosted the last serious talks on North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, in the mid-2000s, the setting was a huge, hexagonal table covered in green felt, in a government guesthouse in Beijing.
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02.22.18China Probes Report of Possible North Korea Sanctions Breach at Sea
Reuters
China said on Thursday it is investigating a Japanese report that a Chinese ship may have carried out a ship-to-ship transfer with a North Korean vessel in breach of U.N. sanctions.
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01.24.18
Is China Really a ‘Threat’ to the U.S.?
In a move presaging tougher policies towards China, the Department of Defense’s National Defense Strategy announced that the “revisionist powers” China and Russia are the “central challenge to U.S. prosperity and security.” And on January 22, Donald...
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01.24.18Top U.S. Sanctions Envoy Presses China to Expel North Korean Agents
Wall Street Journal
The Trump administration’s top sanctions envoy pressed China in high-level meetings this week to deliver on commitments to expel North Korean agents helping finance Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons and missile programs.
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01.19.18Old Kim Coal: Us Officials Release Satellite Photographs Which 'Show China Flouting Sanctions by Docking in North Korea and Loading up on Fuel'
Daily Mail
Chinese companies have been violating UN sanctions against trading with North Korea, according to U.S. officials.
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01.17.18China accuses U.S. of “Cold War thinking” with North Korea summit
CBS News
China on Wednesday said “Cold War thinking” was behind a meeting of U.S. allies on how to deal with North Korea's nuclear threat, adding that the gathering risks splitting international opinion over the issue.
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01.11.18China's Xi supports progress in inter-Korean talks: South Korea's Blue House
Reuters
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday welcomed recent progress in inter-Korean talks during a telephone call with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, the South’s Blue House said in a statement.
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01.05.18THANK YOU TRUMP: THAT TWEET WAS JUST WHAT CHINA NEEDED TO TAME PAKISTAN
South China Morning Post
In South Asia, there is one clear winner from Donald Trump’s tweet tantrums this week: China, which suddenly finds its leverage over Pakistan multiplying as a result of the US president’s mood swings.
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01.05.18As Koreas Agree to Talk, China Ups Pressure on the North
CBS News
South Korea said Friday that both Koreas had agreed to hold their first talks in more than two years on Tuesday.
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01.05.18China Says It Will Limit Oil, Refined Product Exports to North Korea
CNBC
China's Commerce Ministry said on Friday it will limit exports of crude oil, refined oil products, steel and other metals to North Korea, in line with tough new sanctions imposed by the United Nations for Pyongyang's missile tests.
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01.04.18Http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/Macron-Heading-China-Strengthen-Economic-Ties-52133070
ABC
French President Emmanuel Macron will head to China next week to strengthen commercial ties with the world's second-largest economy.
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12.20.17The US and China Are Preparing for All Hell to Break Loose in North Korea
Business Insider
As tensions rise to historic heights on the Korean Peninsula, both the US and China have begun taking unprecedented steps to prepare for the worst-case scenario.
Conversation
12.19.17
Trump’s National Security Strategy and China
On December 18, U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced the United States’ new national security strategy. He called China a “strategic competitor,” and, along with Russia, called it a “revisionist power.” Those two nations, Trump said, are...
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12.14.17Xi Jinping Says War Must Never Be Allowed on Korean Peninsula as South's President Tries to Mend Relations on Visit to China
South China Morning Post
Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that wars on the Korean peninsula are never acceptable, adding that China would continue to support dialogue between Seoul and Pyongyang.
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12.13.17Tillerson offers North Korea talks ‘without preconditions’
Financial Times
US secretary of state Rex Tillerson offered to open direct talks with North Korea “without preconditions” in a new overture to Pyongyang that jars with the more confrontational stance of the White House.
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12.13.17Fearing the Worst, China Plans Refugee Camps on North Korean Border
New York Times
A Chinese county along the border with North Korea is constructing refugee camps intended to house thousands of migrants fleeing a possible crisis on the Korean Peninsula, according to an internal document that appears to have been leaked from China...
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12.07.17
Could Truman Have Worked With Mao?
In the early months of 1949, it became increasingly clear that Mao Zedong’s Communists would win the Chinese civil war. This presented U.S. President Harry S. Truman with an unappetizing set of choices. He could either acknowledge the Communist...