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China’s delicate role in North Korea-sanctions

The close relationship is cold, but China, in its own interest, North Korea’s ailing economy alive. At the same time, Beijing will tighten the screws to Kim Jong Us nuclear program under control.

The efforts to strengthen the international Front to curb the North Korean nuclear issue is a diplomatic balancing act. The reason lies in the special role of China, because “without China, it is not”, it brings Volker Stanzel, Senior Fellow at the Foundation Wissnschaft and Poliitk and former German Ambassador in Beijing, to the point.

The American side made Statements in advance of the visit of US Secretary of state Kerry in Beijing and the Chinese reactions to it are indicative of the delicate Situation. The United States had made it clear that they after the most recent alleged Wasserstoffbombentest North Korea a greater role of China both in the adoption of a new UN Resolution expected, as also with their own measures of China. China must “do more”, so the message of Washington to North Korea of the resources to cut off the it for its Atomaktivitäten need. This has now been by the Chinese Außenamtssprecherin so acknowledged: “Many of (the American) comments did not make sense and were not constructive.”

North Korea celebrates the alleged Wasserstoffbombentest

Dual strategy

Is the public pressure that the Americans in Beijing counterproductive? Not necessarily, says Ex-Diplomat Stanzel in an Interview with DW: “If the Americans say nothing, would, would, as taking this nuclear testing. The Japanese also observe that very well. So here massively and loudly demands to make, but the mark is on a different Rail with China to talk about what you can reasonably in a modest frame, it would be a quite sensible dual-track strategy.”

So will the normal foreign trade of North Korea via China settled. But “The Goods are still not even with the Durchleuchtungsgeräten controlled it in every Chinese port, so that even Dual-use goods without any further slipping,” said Stanzel. The mark refers to the China expert on North Korea, the Chinese built and led factories, where North Koreans work, and on the North Korean guest workers in China, not to flee, because then their families would be punished.

If China wanted to, says Stanzel, could this drip beziehungesweise these three strands, on which North Korea depends on narrow. So it’s about spotlighting what is in the containers across the border, it could be gradually the number of workers decrease, so that for Pyongyang noticeable would be that China is serious.

North Korea’s Dictator Kim Jong Un

China’s “Giftschrank”

Also Zheng Jiyong from Fudan University in Shanghai confirmed compared to the DW, that China could do more. “In the past, there were sharp sanctions on paper, North Korea is rarely hurt you.” After the alleged Wasserstoffbombentest should the international community measures to resolve the North Korea from further developing its nuclear weapons to dissuade. “Not only can they be on paper and must be clear and implementable concrete measures. Compared to North Korea, China has always between the political and the economic sanctions are distinguished. This time could be Beijing some economic sanctions to carry. We can not say that China’s ‘Giftschrank’ would be empty,” says Korea expert.

“Six-party-talks is not to write off”

Also in another point, the German and the Chinese expert in relation to the North Korean Atomproblem agree: It was a mistake, since the end of 2008, on ice lying Six-party talks will depreciate. “You can achieve nothing, if the negotiating table is leaving,” says Zheng. The six-round peace, although at present, “but not because Japan, USA and South Korea were not satisfied with the mechanism itself, but because of their ambitious targets will not be achieved.”

Volker Stanzel, a Senior Fellow at the SWP

The Six-party talks were based, according to Stanzel on an incentive strategy, “thus step by step a Return of the Atomwaffenprogramms, help, and support to In-view position of North Korea to the peace agreement with the United States on an equal footing.“ The withdrawal of North Korea from the talks was made after George W. Bush, a disclosure that North Korea had asked for, “the government means in practical terms would have, the underpants downloading. A step-by-step approach, as the US has, until then, support had, was after a Zeitzeugenaussage quite promising. The patience, the US had under George W. Bush at the time, clearly not,“ says Volker Stanzel. But he also admits: “The Six-party talks back in gear to bring, promises nothing, if North Korea does not realize that China is serious and not just protesting.”