The Prospect of Situation on the Korean Peninsula and China’s Role

作     者：Zhang Chi 张弛

作者机构：the Center for Political and Social Security StudiesShanghai Institute for Global Security and Governance 

出 版 物：《China International Studies》 (中国国际问题研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2020年第65卷第2期

页      面：51-68页

学科分类：030207[法学-国际关系] 03[法学] 0302[法学-政治学] 030206[法学-国际政治] 

主　　题：breakthrough shifting Korea 

摘      要：The situation on the Korean Peninsula has witnessed a major shift since 2018:the road towards a resolution of the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue has returned to the path of negotiation,and major breakthroughs and improvements have been made in bilateral relations between the US and the DPRK,between North and South Korea,as well as between China and North ***,with major disputes in core issues remaining including the pathway toward nuclear dismantlement and the removal of international sanctions,negotiations between the US and the DPRK have *** the end of 2019,the fifth plenary session of the seventh Central Committee of the Workers’Party of Korea(WPK)made a great strategic adjustment,shifting from the approach of devoting itself to domestic economic development and facilitating negotiations with a peaceful posture,to one of stressing both the economy and the military domestically and exerting more pressure to push negotiations diplomatically.