The revelation - stemming from a Chinese foreign ministry official - is interestingly timed, given that Pyongyang recently shelled a South Korean island that killed two and which has threatened to reignite hostilities in the peninsula.
The reason why this Chinese ambivalence towards North Korea is particularly interesting is that the 'rogue state's' leader Kim Jong-il has often relied on apparent Chinese backing to dissuade any potential attack by Seoul or the United States. That the Korean War never officially concluded with a peace treaty after the 1953 armistice has meant that this last vestige of the Cold War has never really cooled down completely.
The rest of the international community, too, has long pressed China to take more action over North Korea and its isolationist leader whenever Pyongyang is giving particular cause of concern. This 'leak' appears to suggest that the Supreme Leader is not as close to Beijing as he might like to think...
2 comments:
This tension between their border is detrimental to the peace in the North Asian region. They must sort things out and hopefully, inter tourism will help them.
I still think that China would not abandon North Korea whatever happens. North Korea is it's only ally in that region and it will do everything to preserve this relationship.
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