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Wed, August 21, 2019 | 18:14

China to practice 'living without US'

In mid-March, I flew to Hawaii to give a talk at the invitation of the Indo-Pacific Command. From Hawaii, I then flew to Beijing, to meet with Chinese government officials, think tanks, journalists and business people. For a week, I was able to get a sense of the latest update on the U.S.-Chinese trade war. Interesting is the atmosphere in China.

2019-04-02 17:56

Kim Yong-chol and John Bolton

Most pundits say North Korea is making the "same old" bluff. No. Its leader lost face. In a political system like North Korea, that means something extraordinary. That's why we should not brush off North Korea's threat to end negotiation with the U.S. and restart nuclear tests.

2019-03-19 20:20

China's position on summit

The Trump-Kim summit in Vietnam inevitably creates the public impression that the “bottom to top process” doesn't work. The “top to bottom process” doesn't work either. Trump's “art of the deal” proved to be the “art of no deal.” Now what? Let us turn to the Chinese, the descendants of Sun Tzu, a great strategist who penned “The Art of War” 2,500 years ago.

2019-03-05 17:47

NK nukes and 'business logic'

Through social media, a Korean friend of mine working in China in the financial sector asked me about how the second DPRK-U.S. summit and the U.S.-China trade war, respectively, will unfold and what are the likely outcomes. He added that the financial market was acting “as if both the U.S.-China trade war and the DPRK-U.S. negotiation were already resolved.”

2019-02-19 17:05

When boarding a C-130 military cargo plane, do as Tom Cruise does. Enter from the rear paratrooper door, as seen in Mission Impossible. This time, the mission is an hour's flight away from Taipei's Songshan airbase. The destination? Taiwan's DMZ.

Do Je-hae2019-02-08 17:25

With Chinese backing, Kim will see the US less relevant

China was not present but its presence was “felt” in the recent whirlwind of diplomatic meetings between American and North Koreans officials in Washington and Sweden have reportedly generated some good vibe in paving the way for the second Trump-Kim summit.

2019-01-25 17:33

Why Kim visits China again?

Here's the initial observation on the latest intrigue behind Kim Jong-un's China visit. First of all, even for many Chinese analysts on North Korea, Kim's visit to China this time came as something “unexpected.” Kim already visited China three times last year. Therefore, it was widely expected that, it would be Chinese leader Xi Jinping's turn to visit North Korea. Xi himself said he would do so, during his meeting with President Moon Jae-in November last year.

2019-01-10 17:02

China-NK relations in 2019

One year ago, I argued in the “2018 Global Politics Forecast” (an annual publication by the Sejong Institute) that China could stage a summit with North Korea in the New Year. First, from their recent history, I was cognizant that for China, the North Korea problem is not so much about North Korea per se, but a part of Beijing's bigger regional strategy in dealing with the U.S.

2018-12-25 16:55

Mao's nuclear libido

When the Truman administration in 1945 dropped two nuclear bombs on Japan, Mao Zedong's reaction was uncommon. He belittled the nuclear bomb as a “paper tiger” (zhi lao hu). He said that "American reactionaries" were trying to scare people by exaggerating the power of nuclear weapons. Mao's remarks were for domestic audience. He was trying to reassure the Chinese people.

2018-12-11 17:30

David Sanger and North Korea

In the summer of nuclear love in 1998, a big story was broken by the New York Times, which said, “United States intelligence agencies have detected a huge secret underground complex in North Korea that they believe is the centerpiece of an effort to revive the country's frozen nuclear weapons program.” The story was powerful, like a nuclear weapon.

2018-11-27 17:03

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