China’s Evolving Policy towards North Korea: From Strategic Asset to Liability?

Nan Li

East Asian Policy (EAP), 2017, vol. 09, issue 04, 16-26

Abstract: China had historically considered North Korea as a strategic asset and provided substantial aid to it. After North Korea conducted nuclear test in 2006, China has begun to regard North Korea as a strategic liability and supported UN sanctions against it. This policy, however, is limited by China’s practical concern about peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and its strategic concern about a US policy of containment against China.

Date: 2017
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