Kim Jong-il’s surprise visit to China last week has generated much speculation over his motivations. From the Economist: China has complained loudly about America’s recent muscle-flexing, particularly its joint military...
The Christian Science Monitor offers its view that the Obama administration’s recent announcement of additional sanctions targeting North Korea, as a response to the Cheonan incident, may in fact be part of a larger...
This weeks Sinica podcast looks at tensions in China’s coastal waters. Listen here: Are Chinese-American maritime relations running aground? The recent sinking of the South Korean corvette the Cheonan, most likely by...
The U.N. Security Council at long last reached agreement on a statement about the sinking of the South Korean vessel the Cheonan. The Washington Post reports: The deal ended months of intensive efforts by South Korea to persuade...
The New York Times reports that tensions between China, the United States, and the Koreas, including the dispute over the sinking of the South Korean ship the Cheonan, have not yet been resolved: Three days after President Obama...
At a three-way summit between South Korea, Japan and China, China may have finally agreed to impose financial sanctions on Pyongyang for the sinking of the South Korea vessel the Cheonan. From BBC: In a BBC interview, South...
At a summit between China, South Korea and Japan over relations with North Korea in the wake of the sinking of the South Korean ship the Cheonan, China has ignored pleas to censure Pyongyang. From Al Jazeera: During a three-way...
The Los Angeles Times reports on Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to Seoul to try to ease rising tensions with North Korea over the sinking of the South Korean ship the Cheonan: Making a three-day visit to South Korea, Premier...
McClatchy reports on the rising tensions between North and South Korea and China’s response: The crisis escalated Thursday, when Pyongyang announced that it was scrapping a pact to prevent accidental attacks on the two...
The New York Times reports on the diplomatic maneuvering behind the U.S. support for South Korea in the dispute over the sinking of the Cheonan: When Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday declared America’s...
In the International Herald Tribune, James M. Zimmerman, a Beijing-based international lawyer, writes about U.S. efforts to get Beijing to impose sanctions on North Korea for the sinking of the South Korean ship the Cheonan:...
The New York Times reports on the investigation into the sinking of the South Korean ship the Cheonan: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met over dinner with Dai Bingguo, a state councilor of China who oversees foreign...
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