China Attempts to Turn North Korea from Liability to Asset

China’s improving ties and increased influence with North Korea could reflect a shift under President Xi Jinping to convert the Kim Jong Un regime from a potentially destabilizing liability to a strategic asset to counter U.S. power in Asia. Chinese politics Professor Suh Jin-young at Seoul's Korea University sees China under Xi attempting to establish itself as a “great power” equal to the United States. Beijing’s more assertive foreign policy has led to increased tensions with...

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