Border Security
Liaoning Leadership: Party Secretaries in Dandong and the Top Provincial Job
Appointments of Xu Kunlin and Song Cheng as CCP heads of Liaoning and Dandong indicate greater focus on economy and security.
Telegraphing Conflict in the Taiwan Strait: Lessons from Mao Zedong
This essay looks at Taiwan from the vantage point of PRC leadership circa 1951, considering the connection between coastal defenses, counter-revolutionary suppression, and public sentiment.
Telegraphing Conflict in the Taiwan Strait: South Korea and the Xi Jinping Factor
In light of the war in Ukraine, Sino-NK rounds up a range of academic papers, reports, and think pieces on Xi Jinping and Taiwan, with special interest in South Korean perspectives.
North Korea and Coronavirus: International Relations and Local Data from Dandong
Adam Cathcart reads some local public health data point from Dandong, and in the process surveys the vaccination landscape faced by a highly reluctant North Korea.
Chinese Doctors and North Korea: Reviewing the Pattern
A Reuters report on Chinese doctors treating North Korean leader Kim Jong-un spurs Adam Cathcart to deeper investigation of party-to-party medical relations.
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