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Why China Can't Cut Off North Korea

Victor Cha | Posted 04.06.2012

Victor Cha

North Korea's latest threats of a rocket test beg the question of why China does not do more to stop its little communist brother from acting so rancorously. After all, there is no other country in the world that provides as much food and fuel to the regime.

How to End the Craziness With North Korea

Eric Margolis | Posted 03.04.2012

Eric Margolis

South Korea toiled its way out of dire poverty four decades ago, creating an economic miracle. Equally industrious, determined North Koreans could do the same today, if given half a chance.

North Korea: Time for Washington to Step Back and Let South Korea Lead

Doug Bandow | Posted 03.03.2012

Doug Bandow

As long as Kim Jong Il's policies remain in force, the North's future remains dismal. The U.S. should watch for glimmers of reform while backing away, allowing South Korea to deal with whatever emerges in Pyongyang.

China Strengthens Alliance With North Korea

AP | Posted 01.18.2012

BEIJING — China said Friday it would strengthen military ties with ally North Korea, amid continuing tensions between Pyongyang and Seoul and st...

China's Ties To Shunned Regimes Highlighted By Kim Jong Il's Visit

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 07.25.2011

BEIJING — Visits to Beijing this week by top officials from North Korea, Myanmar, and Iran are spotlighting China's cozy ties with nations widel...

How China Is Powering North Korea's Smartphone Mania

Techland | Posted 06.15.2011

North Korea has a new problem on its hands besides poverty and reported bouts of famine -- Kim Jong Il's new enemy is cellphones. ...

Kim Jong-il Meets China's Top Diplomat

AP | JEAN H. LEE and FOSTER KLUG | Posted 05.25.2011

SEOUL, South Korea — Diplomacy is showing signs of life on the Korean peninsula, two weeks after North Korea shelled its neighbor. China, under ...

Obama Urges China To Rein In North Korea

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

BEIJING — President Barack Obama urged China's leader in a phone call Monday to send Beijing ally North Korea a message that "its provocations a...

US, Japan Begin War Games; China Denounces Drills

AP | ERIC TALMADGE | Posted 05.25.2011

TOKYO — In an ongoing show of force following a deadly North Korean attack on a front-line island, the U.S. and Japan began one of their biggest-eve...

Scapegoats: Then and Now

Lynne Joiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Lynne Joiner

The aftermath of the North Korean shelling of a South Korean island is not the first time America has looked at China for scapegoats.

WikiLeaks: China, North Korea Not As Cooperative As Presumed

AP/The Huffington Post | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 05.25.2011

UPDATE: China has blocked WikiLeaks over the most recent set of allegations, with the spokesman for China's foreign ministry saying, "China takes note...

Kim Jong Il In China

AP | DAVID WIVELL | Posted 05.25.2011

CHANGCHUN, China — Mystery surrounded North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il on his strangely timed visit to China while former U.S. President Jimmy ...

Why North Korea's Antics Are Good For Obama

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

Stuart Whatley

Following its initial hullabaloo, the current standoff may be a foreign policy windfall for the Obama administration by uniting typically disparate regional players

It's Not About North Korea

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

Stuart Whatley

As North Korea closes itself off to the outside world even more, China's unique role as an interlocutor will become even more necessary.