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UNCERTAIN ALLIES OR UNCOMFORTABLE NEIGHBORS? MAKING SENSE OF
CHINA-NORTH KOREA RELATIONS, 1949-2010.
This article, uncertain allies or uncomfortable neighbors? Making sense
of China-North Korea relations, 1949-2010 written by Jae Ho Chung and
Myung-hae Choi. In this article, what the writers try to tell us is about the
history of China and North Korea relationships. He also tried to states how
well does the communication between China and North Korea. Another
things that he wants to convey is how China and North Korea became a
trusted allies. He also tried to showed how effective has China been in
inducing North Korea. The time line is between 1949-2010.
In history, it tells us that China and North Korea relations are not usual
asymmetric dynamics between a great power and a smaller nation. North
Korea inherent concern and sense of insecurity in the facing strong China.
Chinese and North Korea communist were allies against Japan during the
world war 2 and against America during the Korean War. The most
daunting challenge for China was then to reestablish channels of
communication and information-gathering since China was more eager to
sustain good relations with North Korea in the newly emerging context of
SinoSoviet schism.
North Korea and China have not been trusted allies because, since the
eruption of the SinoSoviet schism, Beijing and Pyongyang had hardly
concurred on their comprehensive threat assessments. By the time the
SinoNorth Korean alliance treaty was signed in 1961, the seed for a same
bed, different dreams was already planted. While Chinas main adversary
in seeking security cooperation with North Korea was the Soviet Union,
North Koreas principal target was unequivocally the United States. North
Koreas approach to rebuilding alliance ties with China in the midst of the
Cultural Revolution was an unconventional

The lwritters mentioned that evel of complexities involved in North Koreas

relations with China and the Soviet Union in the context of SinoSoviet
schism points directly to the fatal weakness. North Koreas approach to
rebuilding alliance ties with China in the midst of the cultural Revolutions
was believe to be an unconventional efforts. Based on historical, China
tends to have potential in influencing North Korea and Pyongyangs
economic growth because Chinas is well position in geopolitical and
economic matters.
China has considered the Korean Peninsula as its sphere of strategic
interest, it had not expressed manifest intentions of involvement in Korean
Affairs. This is because of the lingering residues of the 1956 Factional
incidents. The Carter Administration (19771980) proposed a three-party
formula among the United States, South Korea and North Korea.
Pyongyang rejected the scheme as it was not willing to accept Seoul as an
eligible party to the negotiation. However, via Xiao Xiangqian, a minister
at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, China expressed in April 1978 that it did
not object to the three-party framework.
In conclusion, China and North Korea have been an uncomfortable
neighbors. The Six Party formula had failed to achieved the goals. The
goals was to preventing North Korea from developing nuclear weapons
and related technologies has had failed to achieve. Pyongyang still need
China to provide economic assistance and food provision as an exchange
to participated in Six Party Formula.