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US-China relations can’t solve- differing ideologies in containing North Korea
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US-China relations can’t solve- differing ideologies in containing North KoreaWenjing 16. Yang Wenjing is Chief of American Foreign Policy at the Institutes of Contemporary International Relations. [“Chinese Way vs. U.S. Way: North Korea Issue and Its Prospect” China US Focus February 2nd, 2016 URL: http://www.chinausfocus.com/foreign-policy/chinese-way-vs-u-s-way-north-korea-issue-and-its-prospect/] After Obama took office, strategic patience, a strategy of only granting talks under the precondition of a comprehensive, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization process agreed upon by North Korea has become the main guidelines of US policy; otherwise, the US and its allies would resort to military deterrence, sanctions and isolation as the main tools to deal with the country, so as to make it yield under pressure. China, as the country’s closest friend, has been relied upon to make all the tough measures effective, and if not, it would be criticized for irresponsibility. Yet the US should think more squarely and objectively if it would not intentionally use North Korea as a lever to set its China policy on other fronts. It’s unrealistic for China to follow the US’ every step in dealing with North Korea, since China would not like to resolve the nuclear issue by forcing the country into a corner by even harder sanctions, especially by using leverage that may shake the fundamental existence of the country, which might result in domestic turmoil that will harm the denuclearization process per se.∂ In China’s eye, the US should talk with North Korea directly without preconditions, and end hostile rhetoric and coercive activities that will do no good for reassuring an already fiercely insecure North Korea. All sorts of negotiations, no matter six parties or two parties, should be tried as long as it can be useful for the denuclearization process. A systematic approach should be adopted and the normalization of US-North Korea relations and the replacement of the armistice agreement with a peace agreement should also be incorporated as before. Based on these, China would not oppose and even welcome a peaceful, gradual unification of the Korean Peninsula according to the will of its own people. Download 357.18 Kb. Share with your friends:
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