Chinese Foreign Relations
Incinerated Fantasy: Kim Jong-un, Zhu Feng, and a Censored Article in Beijing
Zhu Feng let fly with a savage combo of rhetorical assaults on the “badass” North Korean leadership, but was censored in Beijing. Our translation gives the reader insight into Chinese anger toward the DPRK.
Red Box, Blue Box, Green Box: Arguing against Institutional Pluralism
Christopher Green examines the durability, and the deficiencies, of the “post-totalitarian” thesis for the DPRK, and furthers the quest for a developmental understanding of North Korea.
A Most Peculiar Country: China’s Southern Weekly on North Korea
F. Bleeker translates a Southern Weekly article indicating that Chinese hopes for Kim Jong-un as reformer have given way to perceptions of a tougher neighbor than his late father ever was.
Ancestor Shadows and Strategic Fog: A Parting Shot at the Kim Jong-un Speech
In this quasi-academic polemic, Christopher Green and Steven Denney break the Kim Il-sung-Kim Jong-un connection, correct New Year’s Address rumors, and talk “strategic fog.”
Red Glare: Chinese Responses to the DPRK’s Launch
Chinese-language responses to the North Korean missile launch were protean; our team of Cathcart/Cavazos/Beauchamp summarizes 21 such stories, with graphics galore.
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