{"id":29953,"date":"2015-02-16T12:28:50","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T03:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=29953"},"modified":"2020-01-17T08:29:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T23:29:45","slug":"will-beijing-dispatch-envoy-for-ki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/will-beijing-dispatch-envoy-for-ki\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Beijing Dispatch Envoy for Kim Jong Il Events?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Attention is on North Korea to see whether<br \/>\nChina will send a high-level official in time for late leader Kim Jong Il<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s birthday [February 16th] celebrations scheduled for today and tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Following a visit from Beijing<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin last year to this event,<br \/>\nhigh-level diplomatic exchanges between the two countries have ground to a<br \/>\nhalt.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The unraveling of the once tightly-knit<br \/>\nrelationship, commonly referred to as a blood alliance, began in 2013, when<br \/>\nNorth Korea conducted its third nuclear test in February. Also, the purge of<br \/>\nPyongyang<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s Jang Song Thaek, who was known for his<br \/>\nclose ties with China, further drove a wedge between the two countries.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">South Korea<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s<br \/>\nAmbassador to China Kwon Young Se recently said in an interview with South<br \/>\nKorean media, <\/span>\u201c<span lang=\"EN-US\">It<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s not only<br \/>\nChinese scholars, but party members that say relations between the North and<br \/>\nChina are no longer the same, and that they have become more alienated.<\/span>\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">With this change in ties, Pyongyang has<br \/>\nrecently been reaching out to Moscow in lieu of Beijing and speeding up<br \/>\neconomic cooperation, as evidenced by the joint development project to connect<br \/>\nNorth Korea<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s port Rajin with Russia<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s Khasan currently underway.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Also, Moscow has extended an invitation to<br \/>\nleader Kim Jong Eun for the 70th V-Day event in May to celebrate the country<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s victory in World War Two. The leader is said to have given a <\/span>\u201c<span lang=\"EN-US\">positive response<\/span>\u201d<span lang=\"EN-US\"> to this, adding weight to<br \/>\nspeculation that relations are maturing between the two countries.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">In light of these developments, some<br \/>\nanalysts believe China will make efforts to counterbalance the ties between<br \/>\nPyongyang and Moscow by working to improve ties with the North again. The<br \/>\nperfect occasion would be to send a high-level official to Kim Jong Il<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s birthday celebration. Rumors that Party secretary Choe Ryong Hae,<br \/>\nwidely seen as among the most high-ranking officials in the country, will visit<br \/>\nChina fall in line with this current view.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">China<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s foreign<br \/>\nministry spokesperson, Hong Lei, in a press release on January 8th, Kim Jong<br \/>\nEun<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s birthday, said, <\/span>\u201c<span lang=\"EN-US\">We hope<br \/>\nto improve the traditional, friendly, cooperative relations with North Korea,<br \/>\nbased on the principle of succeeding traditions, aiming for the future, holding<br \/>\ngood relations with neighbors, and enhancing cooperation.<\/span>\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">These principles [of 16 characters in<br \/>\nChinese], previously the foundation for North Korea-China relations,<br \/>\ndisappeared last year only to reemerge this year, leading experts to believe<br \/>\nBeijing is signaling that it is willing to improve relations.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">However, others caution against such<br \/>\nliberal interpretations. They also assert China would not send an envoy to the<br \/>\nNorth on Kim Jong Il<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s birthday without Pyongyang<br \/>\nmaking any progress in denuclearization.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201c<span lang=\"EN-US\">The 16-character principle, which<br \/>\nresurfaced this year, leads me to believe there will be some kind of change<br \/>\nthis year,<\/span>\u201d<span lang=\"EN-US\"> Lee Tai Hwan, Head of the Regional Studies<br \/>\nDepartment at The Sejong Institute said in an interview with Daily NK. <\/span>\u201c<span lang=\"EN-US\">But this doesn<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">t mean that China will<br \/>\ncompletely reset its relations with the North different from last year.<\/span>\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201c<span lang=\"EN-US\">The move [referencing the 16-character<br \/>\nprinciple] may simply be a gesture to feel out the North,<\/span>\u201d&nbsp;<span lang=\"EN-US\">he added. <\/span>\u201c<span lang=\"EN-US\">There has even been mention of a<br \/>\nPyongyang-Beijing summit, but that<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s an overstatement;<br \/>\nthey aren<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">t likely even send a high-level official to<br \/>\nKim Jong Il<\/span>\u2019<span lang=\"EN-US\">s birthday events,<\/span>\u201d<span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\nhe added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attention is on North Korea to see whether China will send a high-level official in time for late leader Kim Jong Il\u2019s birthday [February 16th] celebrations scheduled for today and tomorrow. 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