China in the World Podcast
11.02.20
The Korean Peninsula after the U.S. Elections
from Carnegie China
The result of the upcoming U.S. presidential election will directly impact how the United States, China, and Russia approach issues on the Korean Peninsula. How would a second Trump or first Biden administration deal with North Korea? How do...
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05.27.20
Coronavirus and the Korean Peninsula
from Carnegie China
As nations confront the pandemic, rumors of Kim Jong-un’s death and a flurry of North Korean missile tests injected even more uncertainty in the international landscape. How do views in Washington, Seoul, and Beijing differ or align on North Korea?...
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09.20.18
North Korea Diplomacy and U.S.-China Relations
from Carnegie China
Paul Haenle joined Kaiser Kuo to discuss next steps for DPRK diplomacy and tensions between the United States and China over trade, Taiwan, and the Belt and Road Initiative. Haenle shared his experience working as White House representative to the...
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09.12.18
China and the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review
from Carnegie China
The Trump administration’s Nuclear Posture Review, released earlier this year, emphasized the growing threat of nuclear competition in the Asia-Pacific, specifically with reference to Russia, North Korea, and China. In this podcast, Tong Zhao, of...
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05.14.18Iranian Foreign Minister Visits Russia and China to Try to Save Nuclear Deal
CNN
Iranian diplomat visits Moscow and Beijing following US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.
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05.09.18
What Comes Next after the Panmunjom Summit?
from Carnegie China
Kim Jong-un became the first North Korean leader to set foot in South Korea at the Panmunjom Summit in April 2018, setting the stage for President Trump’s meeting with Kim in June. Just days after the summit, Paul Haenle spoke with Tong Zhao, a...
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05.08.18No Matter What Trump Says on Iran, China Will Probably Ignore Him
CNBC
In a matter of hours, President Donald Trump is set to announce his decision on the Iran nuclear deal.
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12.06.17China Province near North Korea Warns about the Dangers of Nuclear War
Washington Post
A provincial state newspaper on China’s border with North Korea spooked a few people Wednesday by dedicating an entire page to advice for local residents on how they might survive a nuclear war.
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11.22.17Air China Indefinitely Suspends Flights between Beijing and Pyongyang
Reuters
Air China Ltd has indefinitely suspended flights between Beijing and Pyongyang, citing poor demand as North Korea faces growing sanctions from the United States over its nuclear weapons and missile programs.
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11.22.17Air China Indefinitely Suspends Flights between Beijing and Pyongyang
Reuters
Air China Ltd has indefinitely suspended flights between Beijing and Pyongyang, citing poor demand as North Korea faces growing sanctions from the United States over its nuclear weapons and missile programs.
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11.22.17Donald Trump's Unwitting Surrender to China
Financial Times
Sixty years ago Russia shocked the world with the launch of the Sputnik satellite. Donald Trump was 11 years old.
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11.16.17China Appears to Have Crossed Trump on North Korea
Business Insider
After a 12-day trip to Asia in which President Donald Trump stressed his friendship and mutual understanding with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Beijing appears to have crossed Trump on a key issue: North Korea.
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11.03.17China Bank Barred from US Financial System over North Korea Ties
Financial Times
The U.S. Treasury department has severed a small Chinese bank’s ties with the U.S. financial system over its alleged support for North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.
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10.27.17Chinese Scientists Warn North Korea about Disaster Threat at Nuclear Test Site
South China Morning Post
Chinese geologists have warned their North Korean counterparts of a potential catastrophic collapse of a North Korean underground nuclear test site on China’s doorstep.
Sinica Podcast
09.22.17
North Korea Behind the Scenes
from Sinica Podcast
North Korea is a mystery to nearly everyone—even those who have dedicated their lives to studying the country, including Korean experts based in Seoul, national security experts in Washington or Beijing, and a variety of foreigners who have spent...
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09.12.17China and Russia Warn the U.S. Not to Seek North Korean Regime Change
Bloomberg
In supporting a watered-down version of North Korea sanctions, China and Russia had a stern warning for the U.S.: Don’t try to overthrow Kim Jong Un’s regime.
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09.06.17Bad News, World: China Can’t Solve the North Korea Problem
New York Times
After each North Korean provocation, a soothing mantra echoes through the halls of government and think tanks in the United States.
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09.05.17North Korea Nuclear Test Puts Pressure on China and Undercuts Xi
New York Times
It was supposed to be Xi Jinping’s moment to bask in global prestige, as the Chinese president hosted the leaders of some of the world’s most dynamic economies at a summit meeting just weeks before a Communist Party leadership conference.
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08.23.17China Demands U.S. Immediately Withdraw N. Korea Sanctions, Warns Will Hit Ties
Washington Post
China demanded the United States immediately withdraw a package of sanctions on companies and individuals trading with North Korea on Wednesday, and said the decision by the Trump administration will damage Sino–U.S. ties.
Conversation
08.10.17
Should China Support the U.S. in a War with North Korea?
On August 9, U.S. President Donald Trump warned North Korea that if it does not stop threatening the United States, it will be “met with fire and fury and frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before.” Just hours later, the...
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08.10.17Spotlight: Washington, Pyongyang Step up War Rhetoric, Further Escalate Tensions over Korea Nuclear Issue
Xinhua
In the latest of the increasingly intense war of words, Pyongyang said it would prepare a plan by mid-August to strike the U.S. territory of Guam with intermediate missiles, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Thursday.
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08.08.17China Willing to ‘Pay a Price’ for Stronger North Korea Sanctions
CNN
China is willing to take the economic hit of greater sanctions on North Korea, a top official said Monday, as Washington continues to pressure Beijing on the issue.
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08.07.17Doubts over New ‘Compromise’ UN Sanctions on North Korea as China Emerges Unscathed
South China Morning Post
Beijing scored diplomatic points with its endorsement of tougher United Nations sanctions against North Korea, avoiding a showdown with Washington over Pyongyang’s repeated nuclear provocations.
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07.30.17Pence Pressures China on North Korea, Talks Russia Sanctions, Election Meddling
CNN
Vice President Mike Pence spoke forcefully about reining in North Korea’s nuclear program during his trip to Estonia on Sunday, saying that “all options are on the table” in countering the threat.
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07.30.17Pence Pressures China on North Korea, Talks Russia Sanctions, Election Meddling
CNN
Vice President Mike Pence spoke forcefully about reining in North Korea’s nuclear program during his trip to Estonia on Sunday, saying that “all options are on the table” in countering the threat.
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07.27.17Britain and Australia Urge China to Do More on North Korea Threat
Reuters
Earlier this month North Korea, which has warned Australia could be the target of a strike, said it had conducted its first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, which experts say could reach Alaska.
Sinica Podcast
07.24.17
Straight Talk on North Korea and China
from Sinica Podcast
Lyle Goldstein, an associate professor and strategic researcher at the U.S. Naval War College’s China Maritime Studies Institute, is an expert on Chinese and Russian security strategies. He is also an insightful commentator on what is going on...
Viewpoint
07.22.17
Why Korean Reunification is in China’s Strategic National Interest
North Korea’s July 4 launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile has highlighted once again both the extent to which Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program and aggressive behavior is destabilizing the Asia Pacific region and the relative impotence...
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07.11.17China Says ‘China Responsibility Theory’ on North Korea Has to Stop
Reuters
China hit back on Tuesday in unusually strong terms at repeated calls from the United States to put more pressure on North Korea, urging a halt to what it called the “China responsibility theory,” and saying all parties needed to pull their weight.
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07.11.17China Envoy Says North Korea Trade Growth Picture ‘Distorted’
CNBC
China’s ambassador to the United States has said reports of trade growth between his country and North Korea, in spite of international efforts to press Pyongyang to give up its nuclear and missile programs, give “a distorted picture.”
Viewpoint
07.09.17
Why Won’t China Help With North Korea? Remember 1956
President Donald J. Trump’s short-lived honeymoon with Chinese Communist Party Secretary Xi Jinping is over. On June 29, the U.S. imposed sanctions on a Chinese bank, a Chinese shipping company, and two Chinese nationals, all accused of helping...
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07.05.17US, China Divided over How to Deal with New North Korean ICBM Threat
CNN
A paradigm-changing North Korean missile test has left the United States and China split over how to deal with the aggressive rogue state.
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05.04.17After North Korea Criticism, China Says Wants to Be Good Neighbor
Reuters
China said on Thursday it wants to be good neighbors with North Korea, after the isolated country’s state news agency published a rare criticism of Chinese state media commentaries calling for tougher sanctions over the North’s nuclear program.
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04.17.17China’s Korea Policy ‘in Tatters’ as Both North and South Defy Sanctions
Washington Post
On Monday, South Korea announced that it would press ahead with the “swift deployment” of a U.S. missile defense system, despite vociferous Chinese opposition.
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04.14.17China Warns of ‘Storm Clouds Gathering’ in U.S.-North Korea Standoff
New York Times
China warned on Friday that tensions on the Korean Peninsula could spin out of control, as North Korea said it could test a nuclear weapon at any time and an American naval group neared the peninsula in a show of resolve.
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04.14.17Will China Stand Aside if North Korea Wants to Talk to Trump?
South China Morning Post
The science of using artificial intelligence to gauge the destructiveness of each bomb, however, is not something North Korea seems interested in, even though Pyongyang has access to super computers. Why?
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04.05.17North Korea Is Increasingly a Focus of U.S.-China Meeting
ABC
The White House is talking in more urgent terms about North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons, as President Donald Trump’s talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping approach.
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04.05.17
No Winners or Losers, Please
Who will be the winner of the upcoming Trump-Xi summit? My answer: That’s a dangerous—and wrongheaded—question to focus on. Yes, we want the U.S. to win, but the U.S.-China relationship must be played and judged as a long game.The present situation...
Conversation
04.04.17
What Should We Expect When Trump and Xi Meet in Florida?
On April 6-7, U.S. President Donald Trump will host Xi Jinping in their first face-to-face meeting when China’s President arrives at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. The meeting comes early in Trump’s presidency, after a campaign in which he frequently...
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03.17.17Rex Tillerson: Military Action against North Korea Is ‘On the Table’
CNBC
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Friday that military action against North Korea was “on the table” if the country continued to develop its weapons program.
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03.15.17Chinese Premier Calls for Return to Talks on North Korean Nukes
NBC News
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang called Wednesday for all parties to return to talks amid rising tensions over North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile programs.
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02.27.17How to Persuade China to Squeeze North Korea’s Lifeline
Foreign Policy
Beijing is reluctant to give Pyongyang a real ultimatum—but the U.S. can bring it round
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02.22.17Is China Pushing Trump to Talk to North Korea?
New York Times
Now President Xi Jinping of China has essentially said: We have done our part in enforcing sanctions. Over to you, Mr. Trump.
China in the World Podcast
02.08.17
China’s North Korea Calculus under Trump
from Carnegie China
Two weeks into President Trump’s first term, the White House has launched a review of its North Korea policy. Dealing with the threat from Pyongyang’s missile launches and nuclear weapons program is likely to top the administration’s security agenda...
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01.30.17China’s Happy to Sit Out the Nuclear Arms Race
Foreign Policy
While Putin and Trump push for bigger arsenals, Beijing has all the nukes it'll ever need.
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01.25.17China Gives Details of Items Banned from Export to North Korea
Reuters
China released on Wednesday a new, comprehensive list of goods that can not be exported to North Korea, including many “dual use” items that can be used to build weapons of mass destruction.
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01.20.17Here’s How China Will Test Trump With North Korean Nukes
Daily Beast
China is demanding South Korea not defend itself from North Korean missiles and nuclear weapons, which Beijing has helped Pyongyang develop
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01.03.17As Trump and North Korea’s Kim Spar, China Poses as the Responsible Actor
Washington Post
President-elect Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have been trading threats this week, while China poses as the mature, reasonable kid on the block.
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09.29.16How Rocky U.S.-China Relations Benefit North Korea’s Nuclear Missiles
Fortune
Earlier this month, North Korea tested its fifth nuclear device.
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09.20.16China, US to Step Up Cooperation to Halt North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Program
South China Morning Post
China’s premier and Obama make a pledge at the UN
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09.07.16China Confirms Development of New Long-Range Bomber
Diplomat
The new long-range bomber should be capable of reaching targets as far as the “second island chain.”
Conversation
01.06.16
The North Korean Bomb Test—What's Next?
On Wednesday, North Korea claimed that it had tested a hydrogen bomb, bringing to four the number of nuclear weapons it has set off on its own territory since 2006. The act drew international condemnation, prompting us to ask: What’s different this...
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01.06.16No. Korea Tested a Nuclear Bomb on China’s Doorstep, and China is Not Pleased
Quartz
In Yanji, a trade hub between the two countries, desks and tables swayed and people were evacuated from buildings.
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09.14.15China Plans Meeting in Bid to Revive Stalled North Korea Nuclear Talks
Reuters
A Chinese think-tank will host a forum with officials from six countries on North Korea's banned nuclear weapons programme.
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05.14.15How the South China Sea Could help Beijing Level the Nuclear Playing Field
Washington Post
China bases its nuclear submarines, including the four equipped to launch ballistic missiles, on Hainan Island.
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05.12.15Pentagon Report: China Deploys MIRV Missile
Federation of American Scientists
For China to join the MIRV club strains China’s claim of having a minimum nuclear deterrent.
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04.22.15China Warns North Korea’s Nuclear Arsenal is Expanding
Agence France-Presse
China's communist ally may already have 20 warheads and the enrichment capacity to double that number in a year.
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10.08.14Japan, US Revising Defense Plans With Eye on China
ABC
The revision, the first since 1997, comes at a time of heightened Japan-China tensions over islands claimed by both countries in the East China Sea, as well as continuing concern about North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons development.
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07.08.14The Untold Story of China’s Forgotten Underground Nuclear Reactor
Foreign Policy
How social media and a little sleuthing turned up a Mao-era nuclear program.
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07.07.14China Thinks It Can Defeat America in Battle
Week
China is wrong — and for one major reason. It apparently disregards the decisive power of America's nuclear-powered submarines.