Abstract/Sommario: China used to hold that its relations with North Korea were so good that they were "as close as lips and teeth". No longer. Pyongyang's moves to build an arsenal of nuclear weapons could be the last straw for Beijing, which has extensive economic ties with South Korea and wants stability. How China went from saving North Korea at a cost of hundreds of thousands of Chinese lives half a century ago to exerting pressure on Pyongyang to agree to talks with The United States and its allies. ...; [Leggi tutto...]
China used to hold that its relations with North Korea were so good that they were "as close as lips and teeth". No longer. Pyongyang's moves to build an arsenal of nuclear weapons could be the last straw for Beijing, which has extensive economic ties with South Korea and wants stability. How China went from saving North Korea at a cost of hundreds of thousands of Chinese lives half a century ago to exerting pressure on Pyongyang to agree to talks with The United States and its allies.