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...energy needs and nearly 40% of its food imports. Earlier this summer, Beijing showed its leverage by convincing Pyongyang to accept multilateral talks instead of the one-on-one negotiations with the U.S. that the North demanded. In July, China delivered a personal letter to Kim from President Hu Jintao warning him to halt his nuclear program. And on Aug. 20, Beijing quietly sent a senior army general, Xu Caihou, to Pyongyang "to deliver a very strong message that the talks are not an opportunity to waste," says...
...Beijing talks will hinge largely on the work of the hosts. China, as the supplier of 70 percent of North Korea's energy and one third of its food, is the only outside power with significant leverage over Pyongyang. But Beijing is lowering expectations. China's President Hu Jintao said earlier this week that the meeting in Beijing would be "just a beginning." And that may be precisely what concerns those who fear North Korea is simply playing for time while building its bomb...
...Yang Jianli is a key test for [Chinese President] Hu Jintao,” he said...
...fact, China's leadership is divided on how to handle North Korea's threat. President Hu Jintao and his still influential predecessor, Jiang Zemin, must balance the country's powerful military and security ministries against the Foreign Ministry, which has been brainstorming to find ways to increase pressure on North Korea. The diplomats' hands were strengthened when the North walked away from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty last January, broke into a stash of plutonium that had been secured by the U.N. and ousted inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency. To force Pyongyang to the table, Beijing last March...
...Economy Before Liberty Political commentator Baopu Liu's viewpoint on China's President, Hu Jintao [July 7], noted that the Communist Party vowed to quadruple China's per-capita income by 2020 but made no promises about advancing democracy or civil rights. The Chinese have learned some lessons from the former Soviet Union. In the 1980s Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, encouraged by Western assurances, pursued glasnost (openness) before perestroika (restructuring) and saw the Soviet Union split apart in 1991. Like the U.S.S.R., China consists of many cultures and ethnic groups. Chinese leaders have decided, very wisely, to pursue their policies...