North Korea… Putting a Price Tag on North Korea’s October 10 Celebrations 17 Oct 201517 Oct 2015 I don't doubt there is an abundance of potential fury in North Korea's provinces, but it does seem odd that a single parade, fireworks display, and associated banquets and pageantry would eat…
Borderlands… Ambassador Liu Makes a Visit to Rason, North Korea 6 Aug 2014 The Chinese-North Korean relationship is hardly in full comradely bloom, but neither is it in a state of total breakdown and acrimony. Rason, the port/SEZ in the extreme northeast of…
Borderlands… Cambridge on the Tumen: A Transnational Workshop 7 Jun 20149 Jun 2014 A small group of scholars gathered in Cambridge on Friday, May 23 for a conference centered on the Tumen River and a critical sub- region of Northeast Asia which has seen…
Manchuria… Scoping North Korea’s Emerging Trade Zones with China 12 Jun 201117 Jun 2011 Leaving the thrall of Hong Kong behind (and not even by boat!), I'll be moving up into Dalian and the Liaodong peninsula for the next several days. Not being a…
China… Chinese Troops in North Korea? 17 Jan 2011 On the eve of Hu Jintao's visit to Washington, D.C., the Chosun Ilbo releases an explosive report that Chinese troops have moved into the Rason Special Economic Zone on Korea's…
China… Deals, Development, and Dead Refugees: Get Ready for the New Status Quo on the Sino-North Korean Border 11 Jan 201114 Jan 2011 Among the activities which I undertake each year, there is one for which I reserve a special vim. There on the grand third floor, at the end of the classical…
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