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China and North Korea: Kim is like Chairman Mao?

On 4 July, the United States’ National Day, North Korea has launched seven missiles tests again and some of them were medium-range rockets that pose threat to Japan and South Korea. While Kim Jong Il has been portrayed as a crazy and authoritarian figur... ...full story at Global Voices

from Global Voices on Wed, Jul 08 2009

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28 Jun 07 visit As Expected, North Korea Fires More Missiles  »  China Confidential North Korea has test-fired several missiles, as predicted by China Confidential. The provocative launches took place Wednesday, according to US National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe. The missiles were fired into the Sea of Japan as UN...
30 Oct 09 visit Chinese netizens sound off on North Korea  »  Danwei Adam Cathcart translates some netizen opinions on how North Korea is portrayed in Chinese and western media: ...a rather strange story in the Chinese press...held up an idealized view of North Korea. Why was Xinhua holding up the DPRK as a kind of...
25 May 07 visit North Korea Stages Fresh Provocation  »  China Confidential Iran's nuclear tag-team partner is back in the ring. North Korea fired a salvo of short-range missiles towards the Sea of Japan on Friday morning, Kyodo news agency said, quoting Japanese and American officials.Pyongyang's provocation comes nearly a year...
27 May 10 visit Should China Ensure Order In Its Neighborhood?  »  Blogging For China War talks are in the air on the Korean peninsula. North Korea sank South Korea’s warship Cheonan. South Korea retaliated by imposing various sanctions on the North. The North responded by imposing its own sanctions on the South.  War can easil...
22 Jul 07 visit North Korea Could Test-Fire More Missiles  »  China Confidential North Korea will probably test-fire more missiles and may even explode another atomic device before the end of this year, according to analysts in Japan and Australia.Having shut down its Yongbyon reactor, which produced weapons-grade plutonium, Pyongyang...

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