Friday, August 24, 2018

Undercurrent of Anti-Xi hostility in Pyongyang?


"Wow suddenly he's becoming close to us"...Ordinary North Koreans have a feeling against Xi Jin Ping?

Participating in sanctions against us?

Swallow something when it's sweet, spit it out when it's bitter, two faced demeanor...his intentions are showing.

China is not at all on North Korea's side.
Two faced character.

Channel A Top Ten News reported that this commentary was given by anonymous sources in Pyongyang in anticipation of Xi's 9.9 summit visit to Pyongyang. The anecdotal information suggests Xi is still supporting the sanctions, despite US reports that he's effectively undermining the negotiations with the US. I've commented before on the US opportunity to take advantage of traditional North Korean suspicion of Chinese motives. I would be looking closely at the development of the so called "new" Sinuiju-Dandong bridge on the Northwest border of China and North Korea as well as ship movements to determine the actual intentions of China regarding sanctions. The recent US secondary sanctions in August seemed to
have been mostly against Russia. The increased Chinese tourist traffic after the summit meetings of Kim and Xi in China seems to be exploitation of unsanctioned economic activities rather than sanctions violations.

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