Chinese foreign policy… Comment on the North Korean Missile Launch 12 Feb 2017 I was on BBC television this evening (via the Leeds studio) discussing the North Korean missile launch with Celia Hatton, who, fortunately for me and the BBC, is a veteran 'China…
Borderlands… Bubble at the Summit: Insecurities in Kim Jong-un Itineraries 23 Apr 2015 Is Kim Jong-un staggeringly confident, or do his behaviours and travel itineraries betray personal neuroses and structural fears? The short answer is that it depends on the issue under discussion. Let's…
BBC… Kim Jong-un’s Cane and the Manchurian Guerrilla Faction: BBC Interview 6 Nov 2014 In the pre-history and contemporary history of both the People's Republic of China and its North Korean counterpart, purges have been a regular -- if unpredictably appearing -- phenomenon. Kim Il-sung's…