Will china defend north korea?

Singapore's ambassador at large Bilahari Kausikan gives his views on the North Korean nuclear crisis, the rise of China and the potential for conflict between Beijing and New Delhi. read more

China will remain neutral in the event North Korea attacks the U.S. but if the U.S. launches a preemptive attack against Pyongyang, the PRC will come to their defense, state media reported..06/12/2018 14:13:01PM EST. read more

China has been a key ally of North Korea, helping prop up its economy as it has been hit with repeated rounds of international sanctions. “The key point is in the first half of the sentence: China opposes North Korea testing missiles in the waters around Guam,” said Cheng Xiaohe, a North Korea expert at Renmin University of China in Beijing. read more

While China is obligated to defend north Korea in the same sense that the United States is obligated to defend south Korea, the economic toes between the United States and China is to great to destroy even in the state of mutual mistrust between both countries today. read more