{"id":42000,"date":"2019-09-04T11:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T02:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=42000"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:57:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:57:28","slug":"sino-north-korean-relationship-improves-checking-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/sino-north-korean-relationship-improves-checking-us\/","title":{"rendered":"China and North Korea align efforts to check the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_42001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42001\" style=\"width: 741px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42001\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/\uae40\uc815\uc740_\ucd08\ub300\ud615\ubc29\uc0ac\ud3ec_\ubc1c\uc0ac_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"741\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/\uae40\uc815\uc740_\ucd08\ub300\ud615\ubc29\uc0ac\ud3ec_\ubc1c\uc0ac_3.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/\uae40\uc815\uc740_\ucd08\ub300\ud615\ubc29\uc0ac\ud3ec_\ubc1c\uc0ac_3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/\uae40\uc815\uc740_\ucd08\ub300\ud615\ubc29\uc0ac\ud3ec_\ubc1c\uc0ac_3-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/\uae40\uc815\uc740_\ucd08\ub300\ud615\ubc29\uc0ac\ud3ec_\ubc1c\uc0ac_3-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The August 26 edition of the Rodong Sinmun announced that North Korea had successfully launched a new kind of rocket. \/ Image: Rodong Sinmun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While negotiations with the US have been in deadlock, North Korea and China have grown closer. In addition to official visits including Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi\u2019s recent arrival in North Korea, the Sino-North Korean relationship is growing in both the military and economic spheres, according to several Daily NK sources.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe background to North Korea\u2019s recent testing of several new weapons is an active working-level relationship between the two countries&#8217; militaries,\u201d said a Daily NK source with knowledge of the Sino-North Korean relationship. \u201cChina has accepted North Korea\u2019s missile and rocket tests and is using North Korea as leverage in its relationship with the US.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere\u2019s a high likelihood that a massive amount of economic aid will flow into North Korea from China soon,\u201d the source continued. \u201cChina has no qualms sending in food or other commodities into North Korea and is providing this economic aid in exchange for military cooperation.\u201d The source also added that China is using North Korea as a \u2018disruptor\u2019 in its relationship with the US.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two countries&#8217; interests are currently well-aligned. China\u2019s use of North Korea in the trade war is mirrored by North Korea using China to gain economic aid and improve its negotiating position with the US on denuclearization.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will be in North Korea for two nights and three days from September 2 to 4. \u201cThe upcoming visit by State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi is an important follow-up step to implement consensus at the highest level between our two parties and countries and to advance bilateral relations,\u201d Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang was reported as saying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wang is expected to put forth China\u2019s stance on issues concerning the Sino-North Korean relationship, including US-North Korean denuclearization negotiations, through a high-level meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho. Wang may also meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to discuss a future visit to China by Kim.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere are many rumors circulating in North Korea that the Supreme Leader Comrade (Kim Jong Un) will visit China in October,\u201d another high-level Daily NK source said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hong Kong\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3025134\/chinas-foreign-minister-wang-yi-visit-north-korea-talks-next\">South China Morning Post<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nkleadershipwatch.org\/dprk-security-apparatus\/mpaf-general-political-department\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-41967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/download.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"11\" height=\"11\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/download.png 225w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/download-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 11px) 100vw, 11px\" \/><\/a>reported on August 30 that Kim could visit China again this year to \u201cdiscuss economic and security matters with Xi Jinping\u201d, but whether a meeting will take place and its exact nature \u201cwould depend on the security issues surrounding the Korean peninsula, progress on US-North Korea relations and the outcome of Wang\u2019s upcoming visit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Glimpses of closer ties between the Sino-North Korean military and economic leaders have been observed over the past month. Kim Su-gil, director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nkleadershipwatch.org\/dprk-security-apparatus\/mpaf-general-political-department\/\">General Political Bureau<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-41967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/download.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"11\" height=\"11\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/download.png 225w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/download-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 11px) 100vw, 11px\" \/><\/a>of the North&#8217;s Korean People&#8217;s Army, visited China on August 16 to participate in high-level military talks with Chinese officials. During a speech at a forum in late August between Chinese and Northeast Asian officials in Changchun, Jillin Province, External Economic Affairs Minister Kim Yong-jae remarked that &#8220;(We) are making active efforts to expand and advance economic cooperation by creating around 20 economic development zones and improving the legal environment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While negotiations with the US have been in deadlock, North Korea and China have grown closer. In addition to official visits including Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi\u2019s recent arrival in North Korea, the Sino-North Korean relationship is growing in both the military and economic spheres, according to several Daily NK sources.\u00a0 \u201cThe background to North [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":42001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[96,3238],"class_list":["post-42000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-denuclearization","tag-north-korea-foreign-policy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>China and North Korea align efforts against the US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In contrast to deadlock in US-North Korean 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