Ref China & so much more: “A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen the light and I'm crowing.” (Muhammad Ali)
China-North Korea relations are better understood as function of China’s party factional battles. Kim was encouraged to defy Xi by Xi’s opponents in the party and army. Look how quickly Kim came to make peace when PLA supporters fell at the party congress. China’s sanctions on the North were not to please the US but to bring Kim Jongun to heel. They’ve served their
purpose. So China’s relaxing them, regardless of what the US may want.
Ref China & so much more: “A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen the light and I'm crowing.” (Muhammad Ali)
China-North Korea relations are better understood as function of China’s party factional battles. Kim was encouraged to defy Xi by Xi’s opponents in the party and army. Look how quickly Kim came to make peace when PLA supporters fell at the party congress. China’s sanctions on the North were not to please the US but to bring Kim Jongun to heel. They’ve served their
purpose. So China’s relaxing them, regardless of what the US may want.