Ma Zhao and John Delury on North Korea-China relations

Mao Zedong famously described the relationship between China and North Korea as “like lips and teeth.” But the relationship hasn’t always been quite so cozy. This week on Sinica, Kaiser talks to two scholars of China and North Korea — Ma Zhao, Associate Professor of Modern History and Culture at Washington University in St. Louis, and John Delury, Associate Professor of Chinese Studies at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. They were both at the Association for Asian Studies Conference in Washington, DC, and they shared their insights into the history of this complicated and often fraught relationship. Please note this was recorded on March 24, a few days before the world learned that Kim Jong-un had traveled to Beijing to meet with Xi Jinping. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.