China and North Korea
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China and North Korea are neighboring East Asian countries that share a heavily controlled land border and maintain a close but often opaque political and military relationship.
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | bilateral relationship ⓘ |
| borderControl | heavily controlled ⓘ |
| borderLengthApproxKm | 1352 ⓘ |
| borderRiver |
Tumen River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yalu River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderSecurityConcern |
refugee flows from North Korea into China
ⓘ
smuggling and illicit trade ⓘ |
| borderType | land border ⓘ |
| ChinaInfluence | significant leverage over North Korean economy ⓘ |
| ChinaRole |
North Korea's main food aid provider in many years
ⓘ
North Korea's main trading partner ⓘ North Korea's primary energy supplier ⓘ |
| ChineseAllyInKoreanWar | North Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ChineseCapital | Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ChineseInterventionForceName | Chinese People's Volunteer Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ChineseInterventionStartYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| ChineseLeader | Xi Jinping NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ChineseMilitaryIntervention | Korean War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ChineseOfficialName | People's Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ChinesePolicyGoal |
avoidance of regime collapse in North Korea
ⓘ
prevention of war near Chinese border ⓘ stability on the Korean Peninsula ⓘ |
| diplomaticRelationsEstablished | 1949 ⓘ |
| diplomaticRepresentation | embassies in each other's capitals ⓘ |
| dominantChinesePoliticalParty | Chinese Communist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dominantNorthKoreanPoliticalParty | Workers' Party of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicCooperation | cross-border trade zones on the Yalu River ⓘ |
| hasBorderBridge |
New Yalu River Bridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sino–Korean Friendship Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBorderCityPair | Dandong–Sinuiju NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | China supported North Korea during the Cold War ⓘ |
| ideologicalOrientation | socialist states with authoritarian political systems ⓘ |
| KimJongUnVisitsToChina | multiple visits between 2018 and 2019 ⓘ |
| KoreanWarArmisticeYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| mainChineseBorderProvince |
Jilin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Liaoning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainNorthKoreanBorderProvince |
Chagang
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Hamgyong NERFINISHED ⓘ North Pyongan NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryanggang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryCooperation |
historical military alliance roots
ⓘ
occasional high-level military exchanges ⓘ |
| multilateralFramework | Six-Party Talks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NorthKoreaDependence | economic dependence on China ⓘ |
| NorthKoreanCapital | Pyongyang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NorthKoreanLeader | Kim Jong Un NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NorthKoreanOfficialName | Democratic People's Republic of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nuclearIssue | North Korean nuclear weapons program is a key concern for China ⓘ |
| politicalExchanges |
high-level party-to-party contacts
ⓘ
leader summits in Beijing and Pyongyang ⓘ |
| postColdWarShift | China normalized relations with South Korea in 1992 while maintaining ties with North Korea ⓘ |
| region | East Asia ⓘ |
| relationshipCharacterization |
close but asymmetric
ⓘ
opaque political and military ties ⓘ |
| sanctionsImpact | UN and unilateral sanctions constrain formal economic ties ⓘ |
| shareBorder | China–North Korea border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| SixPartyTalksParticipants |
China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| treaty | 1961 Sino–North Korean Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| treatyFeature | mutual defense clause ⓘ |
| treatyRenewalPattern | periodically renewed ⓘ |
| UNSecurityCouncilDynamic |
China often shields North Korea from strongest sanctions
ⓘ
China supports some sanctions on North Korea's nuclear program ⓘ |
| XiJinpingVisitToNorthKorea | 2019 ⓘ |
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