| China and North Korea Apr 11th 2013, 19:32 North Korea only exists as a client state of China. This article speculates on whether China might ditch them. I don't think they will, as NK makes China look positively cuddly. :D http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22062589 Quote:
China's state media has published dozens of photos showing Mr Xi glad-handing his counterparts from Australia, Cambodia and even Algeria.
In contrast, China's supposed ally, North Korea, received the rhetorical equivalent of a rap on the knuckles.
"No one should be allowed to throw a region and even the whole world into chaos for selfish gains," Mr Xi warned during a speech at the opening of the forum.
The Chinese president did not mention any country by name, but it is widely believed that his words were aimed at Pyongyang.
Decades ago, China and North Korea forged a relatively close relationship based on shared historical and ideological ties. But that relationship has entered a dark period.
"Since North Korea's nuclear test in February, there has been no high-level official contact and the relationship on both sides is relatively cold," explains Professor Su Hao of China's Foreign Affairs University.
Links between the two countries failed to recover after the death of Kim Jong-Il last year, some argue. When Kim Jong-Un came to power, he failed to pay his respects to the leaders in Beijing who were providing his regime with the majority of North Korea's food and fuel aid...
...Chinese diplomats are attempting to defuse the problem by embracing strongly worded diplomacy and United Nations sanctions to keep Pyongyang in line.
If that fails, more direct action might be taken by reducing fuel aid, as Beijing has done in the past.
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