China-North Korea relations

24 May 2013

A special North Korean envoy said in Beijing yesterday that Pyongyang would accept China's suggestion that it restart talks with relevant parties to restore a peaceful environment on the Korean...

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Kim Jong-un's envoy arrives in Beijing to mend strained ties

23 May 2013

A special envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held talks with top officials in Beijing yesterday, in the first such encounter since China joined the United States and other nations in...

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Understanding the origins of war can pave a path to peace for North Korea

6 May 2013

As North Korea maintains its belligerence, the world is caught in a dilemma. Ignoring it as just another round of empty threats would run the risk of North Korea test-firing missiles with longer...

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Chinese in border city of Dandong keep strong ties with their North Korean neighbours

1 May 2013

Peering at graphic pictures of supposed US biological warfare efforts during the 1950-53 Korean war, Zhang Ping complains about the barbarism visited on his compatriots during the conflict.

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A changing North Korea will prove a headache for China

21 Apr 2013

It is not an unknown unknown but, of all the world's known unknowns, the future of North Korea is perhaps the hardest to predict and hence presents China with unknown difficulties ahead.

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Premier Li Keqiang warns North Korea: Halt 'provocations'

14 Apr 2013

Premier Li Keqiang warned Pyongyang to stop being provocative as China and the US renewed their commitment to ridding the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons.

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Opinion

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Howard Winn

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

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Kerry looks to press China on N Korea

US Secretary of State John Kerry heads to Beijing on Saturday seeking China’s help to rein in a belligerent North Korea and provide a foundation for Seoul to lower soaring tensions with Pyongyang...

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Business as usual along North Korean border with China

While the rest of the world worries whether nuclear war is about to break out, many living near the border of China and North Korea are happily getting on with their lives. At least that's the...

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China's limited influence over North Korea

North Korea has been causing crises since the end of the Korean war 60 years ago. Northeast Asia hoped a cycle of provocation and demands would end with young dictator Kim Jong-un taking power,...

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China's caution to Kim is no empty threat

After nearly a month of belligerent bluster from North Korea, China appears to have had enough, ending its silence about North Korea's brinkmanship and suddenly roaring its disapproval of its ally...

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Beijing rethinks its North Korea policy priorities

Paradoxically, in order for Beijing to achieve its current objectives in the Korean Peninsula of stability and, moreover, a downsizing of the United States' presence, it must concede to displays...

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KOREAN PENINSULA: ANALYSIS

China caught in a dilemma over crisis with North Korea

Beijing has recently toughened its rhetoric towards Pyongyang as tensions in the Korean Peninsula rise following provocative moves by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, but analysts say the Chinese...

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