China's policy on North Korea : economic engagement and nuclear disarmament / Mathieu Duchâtel and Phillip Schell

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Series: SIPRI policy paper ; 40Publication details: Solna : Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Stockholms internationella fredsforskningsinstitut) (SIPRI), 2013Description: 68 pISBN:
  • 9789185114825
Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: In the period between North Korea’s second and third nuclear tests, and in the midst of the succession to Kim Jong Il, China’s economic relations with North Korea expanded at an unprecedented pace. It is a widely held view in China that this increase in economic exchanges can help make non‑proliferation measures more effective and revive the disarmament process. This report looks back at four years of Chinese policy on North Korea to examine this thesis. The authors, placing a unique emphasis on Chinese perspectives, show that bilateral economic relations and China’s policy on the North Korean nuclear issue are indeed linked. They conclude that this makes China by far the most important player in securing non‑proliferation and containment, two intermediary goals on the way to North Korea’s denuclearization.
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SIPRI Library and Documentation CD2013 G13_545 Available G13/545
SIPRI Library and Documentation 341.67SIPRI Duchâtel Available G13/549
SIPRI Library and Documentation 341.67SIPRI Duchâtel Available G13/550
SIPRI Library and Documentation 341.67SIPRI Duchâtel Withdrawn G13/551

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In the period between North Korea’s second and third nuclear tests, and in the midst of the succession to Kim Jong Il, China’s economic relations with North Korea expanded at an unprecedented pace. It is a widely held view in China that this increase in economic exchanges can help make non‑proliferation measures more effective and revive the disarmament process. This report looks back at four years of Chinese policy on North Korea to examine this thesis. The authors, placing a unique emphasis on Chinese perspectives, show that bilateral economic relations and China’s policy on the North Korean nuclear issue are indeed linked. They conclude that this makes China by far the most important player in securing non‑proliferation and containment, two intermediary goals on the way to North Korea’s denuclearization.

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