Today, things look considerably different. First, as the rivalry between the United States and China has intensified, Beijing cannot afford to pressure North Korea in ways that might create ...

There has been a major ramping up of security along the border between North Korea and China. This image shows ... the images also detail things like new guard posts and the creation of buffer ...

In some of the discussions that we've had, it seems that we're informing China of things ... between Pyongyang and Moscow is unnerving [for China]" and that Russian encouragement could push North ...

North Korea is China’s only treaty ally, though senior Chinese officials have declared the relationship between Beijing and Moscow as one that has ‘no limits’ in the lead up to the Russia-Ukraine war.

China likely regards the alliance between North Korea and Russia with displeasure. However, the relationship between Beijing and Pyongyang is much more tense than generally assumed in the West.