Mirroring North Korea's Growing Economic Dependence on China: Political Ramifications

Assistant Professor of Chinese foreign policy in the Department of Chinese Studies at Kyung Hee University, Korea. He wishes to thank Tom Hart, Masako Ikegami, Lai Hongyi, Christopher Len, Tang Shiping, Wang Guoxing, John Wong, Yin Xiangshuo, other anonymous Chinese North Korean experts, and an anonymous reviewer for their help in preparing this article. He is also grateful to the Silk Road Studies Program at Uppsala University; the Center for Pacific Asia Studies, Stockholm University; the East Asia Institute at the National University of Singapore; and the Pudong Institute for the U.S. Economy in Shanghai. Email: jwc@khu.ac.kr.