Borderlands… Trains, Trade, and Corruption: Dandong Data Points 22 Sep 201522 Sep 2015 While analysts were surely right to parse the dynamics of the 3 September parade in Beijing, the work of assessing the state of Chinese-North Korean relations needs to go well beyond…
Borderlands… Dandong Discourse: China-DPRK Trade Fair, and Rumblings in Xinchengqu 12 Jul 201513 Jul 2015 Historians have surely seen better days between the Chinese Communist Party and the Kim-centric Workers' Party of [North] Korea, but business continues apace today in the borderland. The main item seen in the…
Borderlands… The Dandong Trade Fair 18 Oct 2014 As the rest of the world gets accustomed to seeing Kim Jong-un walk with a cane, we might do well to figure out what, if anything, is changing about the…