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• China, Korea, & North-East Asia

  Uncertain future: Before Kim Meets Trump, China Gets Jittery About North Korea’s Intentions

  10 June 2018, by PERLEZ Jane

  BEIJING — In the sudden rush of diplomacy involving North Korea, China has appeared to have the upper hand, hosting the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, twice before his long-anticipated Singapore summit meeting with President Trump even begins.
  Yet as Mr. Kim prepares to finally meet Mr. (…)

• China, Korea, & North-East Asia

  Economy: China’s trade with North Korea is set to soar with a Trump-Kim deal

  6 June 2018, by The Straits Times

  HUNCHUN, CHINA (NYTIMES) - In the Chinese border town of Hunchun, garment factories gladly employ squads of North Koreans, who are valued as skilled and dutiful workers.
  Live crab from the North wriggle in huge tanks in the fish market. Informal bankers promise to deliver the equivalent of (…)