Why China Decided To Take Firm Action Against North Korea Case Study

Discuss why China decided to take firm action against North Korea’s unpredictable and volatile behaviour in relation to its recent ballistic missile tests.
Before the emerge of North Korea conflict in undergoing sanctions under the United Nations, China and North Korea were closed together as the ‘lip and teeth’ they called it. The Korean War that had happen has pushed the two regime to be closer as well as the Treaty which they signed as a symbol of friendship – Sino-North Korean Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty (Knodell 2015). This treaty marks the bonds they had which has been renewed twice and also would not expire until 2021. Apart from that, China has been a crucial partner for North Korea as a guarantor for the survival of
McDonald (2016) stated that China is hesitant to put hope in North Korea for fear of the collapse of Kim Jong-Un’s regime. The collapse of the regime can set off numerous refugees and also leads to the United States and South Korean troops to deploy armies located near China’s border. This is also corresponding to Wang Hongguang, a former deputy commander, in his written statement for Global Times Newspaper (AFP 2014) whereby he specifically wrote the seriousness of hazard in China’s border area due to the nuclear contamination. Furthermore, China was actually driven by factor of Kim Jong-un attitude. It is stated that China is no longer able to put up with the North Korean leader’s careless, near-contemptuous attitude and reckless control toward his fundamental source of economic support – China (Pollack 2016). One important view to highlight is not only to secure China’s border but also the DPKR’s
The principles are no war, no instability and no nukes (Synder 2016). For Cohen (2016) there are two reasons which explain China’s action against North Korea nuclear tests. Initially, China intend to avoid the memories of Japanese aggression during the Second World War that has become a huge concern in the situation take place today. A different reason would be is North Korea’s missile test can result in security dilemma for other countries across its region. Later on, the present of nuclear in Japan, South Korea and China as well as the North Korea would cause extraordinary challenges to the East Asian security and stability. In the end, Beijing would face great calamity in encountering United States allied partners or even a hostile country. Therefore, when this happens, there will be no more principle of ‘no instability’ that China aims for and it would be impossible to apply on the ‘no war’