Posts Tagged ‘Dandong’

Diplomatic Review, Oct 2025: First Visit by a Chinese Premier to the DPRK in 16 Years

By | November 07, 2025

Li Qiang’s visit to Pyongyang to mark 80th WPK anniversary continues escalation in high-level diplomacy

The Long Crane of the Law: Liaoning Corruption and the Customs Bureau

By | November 04, 2025

Chinese President Xi Jinping steps up anti-corruption drive against customs officials amid strong trade growth with the DPRK and South Korea

The Dandong Chess Board: Trade, Anti-Corruption, and Russian Visitors

By | May 26, 2024

What are the ambitions of Chinese Communist Party cadre in Dandong in opening up further to North Korea and Russia? And a local anti-corruption update.

Bridges, Anti-Corruption, and Minerals: Sino-North Korean Borderland News

By | May 25, 2023

Chinese Communist Party cadre in the border region with North Korea have got a lot on their plates: discipline and development. Plus a look at trade in Dandong.

North Korea and Coronavirus: International Relations and Local Data from Dandong

By | September 21, 2021

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.