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西朝鲜 (Xī Cháoxiǎn): West Korea

West Korea is a pejorative term for China. In Chinese the term is literally “the North Korea of the West;” thus the comparison is with North and not South Korea. Netizens complain about the similarities between North Korea and China: repressive rulers, lack of democracy, corruption, fear of the West, etc. While in all these aspects China is superior to North Korea, there is one in which China lags behind. As one netizen has pointed out, “In soccer, North Korea has shown the way for West Korea” (北朝鲜足球为西朝鲜足球指明了方向).

Contents 1 China Probes Detention of Fishermen 2 China, Japan, S.Korea Meet on N. Korea, Free Trade 3 China, Russia Agree on Syria and North Korea 4 China Backs UN Statement Against Rocket Launch 5 Word of the Week: West Korea

China Probes Detention of Fishermen

22 May 2012, by Melissa M. Chan

China, Japan, S.Korea Meet on N. Korea, Free Trade

13 May 2012, by Melissa M. Chan

China, Russia Agree on Syria and North Korea

29 April 2012, by Melissa M. Chan

China Backs UN Statement Against Rocket Launch

17 April 2012, by Samuel Wade

Word of the Week: West Korea

11 April 2012, by Anne Henochowicz