Backgrounder. My view is that NK likely will move toward the Chinese system of market socialism with Chinese characteristics, but in NK it will be with NK characteristics. Kim Jong Un had already liberalized quite a bit, so this would not constitute an about-face but rather a speed-up of development. Kim Jong Un seems finally to want to join the world economy, which is why he is negotiating with Trump at all, in the face of resistance from the US deep state and military trying to...
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Great backgrounder. Apparently, Dennis Rodman was a lot more important in bringing the Trump-Kim summit about that most people realize or the media and establishment are willing to admit. The article also provides an inside view of North Korea that gives the lie to Western propaganda, as well as exposing the US media attempt to destroy Rodman personally.Zero Anthropology“One Day This Door is Going to Open”: A Review of “Dennis Rodman’s Big Bang in Pyongyang” (Documentary) Maximilian C....
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Shot across the bow of US?EcnsXi backs DPRK development China Daily
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Diplomatic ping-pong. China seeks a "win-win," while Washington regards geopolitics as a zero-sum game.Asia Times Beijing’s ‘win-win’ Korean Peninsula scenario Xuan Loc DoanSee alsoNot only Turkey.Geopolitics AlertTurkey Breaks with NATO, Refuses to Expel Russians Jim Carey
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