By Attempting To Shift Focus to North Korea, China Looks To Woo Japan, South Korea as All Three Face American Tariff Pressures

It does not seem coincidental that Beijing is raising the idea of exerting pressure on North Korea to slow down if not abandon its nuclear program exactly when the Japanese and South Koreans would be most receptive.

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The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, attends an event at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, March 28, 2025. AP/Ng Han Guan

SEOUL — Washington faces the prospect of a realignment of forces in northeast Asia with China joining America’s two staunch allies there, Japan and South Korea, in a bid to talk North Korea out of its nuclear program.

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