Comrades in Broken Arms

Shifting Chinese Policies Toward North Korea

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6040367
AutoresZhiqun Zhu (Institute of International Relations Prague, autor de correspondencia)
Año2016
Volumen8
Número4
Páginas575-592
Fecha de publicación2016-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAsian Politics & Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1943-0787 • E-ISSN: 1943-0779
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/aspp.12287
OpenAlexW2538979711
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas18

This article examines evolving China‐North Korea relations since the early 1990s. It suggests that current Chinese policy toward the Korean Peninsula is not based on ideology but driven by strategic and economic interests. While China‐South Korea relations have warmed up, China‐North Korea relations have deteriorated. Contrary to conventional perception that the two countries are allies, China sees North Korea as a liability now; yet China is unlikely to abandon North Korea soon. The complex China‐North Korea relationship reflects dilemmas China faces in its foreign policy. The so‐called “North Korea problem” is indeed a “US‐China problem.” How far China can go regarding North Korea is closely tied to the state of US‐China relations. Only through US‐China cooperation to map out a future East Asian security arrangement acceptable to both powers can a satisfactory solution to the North Korea problem be found

China · Development economics · East Asia · Economics · Economy · Foreign policy · Geography · Ideology · Peninsula · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Economic Sanctions and International Relations · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · Law