Why China Won’t Rescue North Korea | By Oriana Skylar Mastro
What to Expect If Things Fall Apart
U.S. officials have long agreed with Mao Zedong’s famous formulation about relations between China and North Korea: the two countries are like “lips and teeth.” Pyongyang depends heavily on Beijing for energy, food...
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/asia/2017-12-12/why-china-wont-rescue-north-korea