By Kang Hyun-kyung
The ousting of Hosni Mubarak last week after his 30-year rule of Egypt, following the same fate of his Tunisian counterpart the previous month, has alarmed the leaders of China and North Korea.
In their editorials, the state-run, mouthpiece media of the two nations have downplayed the impact of the regime change in Egypt.
There was an identifiable difference in the negative reactions to the Egyptian unrest between the Chinese and North Korean outlets. Chinese media expressed direct and straightforward skepticism, whereas the North’s response was indirect criticism of the pro-democracy movement in Egypt.