Posts Tagged ‘Huanqiu Shibao’
The Plot Thickens: Documenting the DPRK-Xiyang Spat
North Korean media strikes back at a Chinese company, and the PRC state media wades into the fray. Adam Cathcart tries to translate us out of the quagmire.
Crouching Hostage, Hidden Tiger
Crouching Hostage, Hidden Tiger Adam Cathcart Pierced by its most serious domestic political crisis since the late 1980s, China’s leaders have this spring returned to “riding the tiger” of nationalism, hoping to drain off public anxiety and attention from Beijing and focus on China’s sea disputes with, well, just about everybody. Cue an exceptionally-timed act […]
Porous Net: 28 Questions on the “Chinese Fisherman Held Hostage by North Korea” Narrative
Porous Net: 28 Questions on the “Chinese Fisherman Held Hostage by North Korea” Narrative by Adam Cathcart It remains a bit early to draw sweeping conclusions about what this all means, the data points are adding up to a not-so-pretty picture and the fallout to China’s relationship with North Korea seems likely to be rather […]
Chinese Responses to North Korea’s “Muddle-Headed Move”
China is often seen as both enabler of North Korean militarism and as the key constructive stakeholder in East Asian diplomacy. Its responses to North Korea’s missile test are sure to be multiple. Will the DPRK’s intransigence impact Chinese food aid? Or will things go back to “normal” now that all the rockets have flared out […]
Un Ha 3, We Barely Knew Ye: KCNA File No. 15
Click here to view the KCNA-China File No 15 -Mar 18-March 24 in its entirety In response to the seemingly endless slavos of news reports, scattered op-eds (see Jennifer Lind or Choe Sang Hun, for two good examples) and even SinoNK’s own analysis regarding the recent (failed) satellite missile launch, readers may be left wondering: what more could possibly […]
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