North Korea

Anthony Blinken, “U.S.-China Relations: Strategic Challenges and Opportunities,” April 27, 2016

April 27, 2016

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Blinken prepared these remarks to open his testimony before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

John Kerry and Wang Yi, Remarks on North Korea, the South China Sea and other topics, February 23, 2016

February 23, 2016

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met at the U.S. State Department and spoke to the press in the Ben Franklin Room.

Sino-North Korean Trade: Q&A With John S. Park

February 22, 2016

In 2013 an estimated 90 percent or more of North Korean trade was with Chinese partners. US-China Today spoke with John S. Park of the Harvard Kennedy School and MIT to learn more about the dynamics of Sino-North Korean trade.

John Kerry and Wang Yi, Joint Press Conference, January 27, 2016

January 27, 2016

Press conference with Secretary of State John Kerry and Foreign Minister Wang.

Goldstein, Meeting China Halfway: How to Defuse the Emerging US-China Rivalry (March 31, 2015)

September 15, 2015

Lyle Goldstein's book was reviewed by Zachary Fredman for H-Diplo and is published here under Creative Commons license.

Council on Foreign Relations, "CFR Backgrounders: The China-North Korea Relationship," August 22, 2014

August 22, 2014

The Council on Foreign Relations published the backgrounder, "The China-North Korea Relationship", to explain the history behind current relations, North Korea's gains, China's priorities and leverage, and the United States' role. The piece was written by Beina Xu and Jayshree Bajoria.

Shen, Mao, Stalin and the Korean War: Trilateral Communist Relations in the 1950s, 2012

January 1, 2013

Zhihua Shen’s book was reviewed by Kathryn Weathersby for the H-Diplo discussion list in April 2013. It is reproduced here under Creative Commons license.

Matray, ed., Northeast Asia and the Legacy of Harry S Truman - Japan, China, and the Two Koreas, 2012

January 1, 2012

James I. Matray, ed.'s book was reviewed by Luke Griffith for H-War and is published here under Creative Commons license.

Video: North Korea: Following the Chinese Road?

November 18, 2011

USCI Senior Fellow Mike Chinoy reports on trends he observed during his fifteenth visit to North Korea.

Gary Locke, Testimony before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, May 26, 2011

May 26, 2011

Ambassador-designate Gary Locke's testimony before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He is the nominee to become President Obama’s next U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China.

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