North Korea is not a Chinese province. Unfortunately, there are a large number of people in Washington who seem to believe otherwise. The repeated assertions that Beijing could put Pyongyang back in the box at a moment's notice spring from this assumption. Quite frankly, this line of reasoning is of little value to the U.S. policy community... and has no traction with our Chinese counterparts.
China's approach to dealing with North Korea is best explained by understanding the historical and...
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