Sino-North Korean Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty

[Muhammed45]

Considering Trump administration that is leading USA and it's foreign policy and military affairs, makes this treaty important.

Based on an article from wikiPedia the expiry date of this agreement is 2021,

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Sino-North Korean Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty
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Sino-North Korean Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 中朝友好合作互助条约
Traditional Chinese 中朝友好合作互助條約
Korean name
Hangul 중조우호협력상호원조조약
The Sino-North Korean Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty is a treaty signed on July 11, 1961 between North Korea and the People's Republic of China.

Background[edit]
After the 1961 May 16 Coup, the new South Korean leader Park Chung-hee urged for an increase in military spending and for action to be taken against North Korea. The North Korean leadership feared a South Korean invasion and turned to the Soviet Union and China for support.[1]

Signing[edit]

Treaty signing in Beijing on July 11, 1961
The treaty was signed in Beijing and came into effect on September 10 of the same year.[2][3] Premier of the People's Republic of China Zhou Enlai and Prime Minister of North Korea Kim Il-sung signed for their respective countries.[4] The treaty generally promoted peaceful cooperation in the areas of culture, economics, technology and other social benefits between the two nations.[4] Specifically, Article 2 of the treaty declares the two nations undertake all necessary measures to oppose any country or coalition of countries that might attack either nation.[5]

The treaty remains in effect and automatically renews every 20 years, being renewed in 1981 and 2001.[4][6] The most recent renewal will remain in effect until 2021.[7][6] The right to cancel the Sino-North Korean Treaty can be invoked at specified five-year intervals, and each party must give advance notice of one year.[5]

Kim Il-sung arrived in Beijing in 1961 to sign the treaty just a few days after signing the North Korean-Soviet Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty (朝苏友好合作互助条约).[4] The Soviet treaty however has not been in effect since the 1990s; only a revised "consultation" treaty being re-adopted in 1999.[5]

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[Muhammed45]

A woman wearing traditional Korean costume waits at the door of a North Korean restaurant in Dandong city, in north China's Liaoning province, on March 30. | REUTERS
ASIA PACIFIC | ANALYSIS
For North Korea and China, defense pact proves a complicated document
BY JESSE JOHNSON
STAFF WRITER


ARTICLE HISTORY

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In U.S. President Donald Trump’s calculus, a choice between Chinese cooperation or American military action loom large as part of any solution to the North Korean nuclear crisis. But one often unspoken aspect of this outlook has been Beijing’s rarely mentioned mutual defense pact with Pyongyang — a treaty that would oblige China to defend North Korea in event of an attack.

The little-discussed pact, inked in 1961, legally requires Beijing to “immediately render military and other assistance by all means at its disposal” in the event the North is attacked. Such assistance could simply mean providing better defensive weapons, but it could also include something dramatic, like deploying troops and conducting military actions against attacking countries.






For both countries, this alliance — sealed in blood by the Korean War — remains relevant and personal.

But much has changed, in terms of geopolitical realities, in the nearly 56 years since the treaty was concluded. China, now the world’s No. 2 economy, seeks prestige on the global stage and a larger say in world affairs. North Korea, meanwhile, is a nuclear-armed totalitarian regime, whose atomic weapons program and alleged human rights abuses have made the isolated nation a pariah state in the eyes of many.

For China, perhaps no other foreign policy issue has proved a greater challenge in the 21st century than North Korea. But would it respond to U.S. military action taken against North Korea?

Experts say the answer is as complicated as the pair’s troubled relationship.

“There is no love lost in the China-North Korean relationship,” Bonnie Glaser, director of the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington said. “The relationship is stressed.”

In the North, leader Kim Jong Un has scoffed at the vassal state relationship his country has with China, its sole patron. While Kim’s father, the late Kim Jong Il, enjoyed robust ties with Beijing, the young leader has distanced himself. He has executed his uncle, Jang Song Thaek, who had pushed for bolstered links with its neighbor, while also thumbing his nose at the leadership in Beijing. In the five-plus years since he assumed power, Kim has yet to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Despite repeated calls by China for the country to halt its nuclear weapons program, Kim has also overseen a huge uptick in missile and atomic tests that have threatened Beijing’s most cherished objective in the region: stability.

In an effort to protect this, Beijing may be willing to sacrifice its pact with Pyongyang, at least to an extent, experts say.

“While the mutual defense treaty obligates China to come to North Korea’s aid in times of war, no one believes that China will fulfill this obligation,” said Zhang Baohui, a professor of political science at Hong Kong’s Lingnan University. “The Chinese government has not mentioned this treaty for a long time.”

Zhang believes there are two explanations why Beijing would be unlikely to live up to the pact’s obligations: a fear of being ensnared in a devastatingly costly conflict and concerns of emboldening the North by giving it a carte blanche.

Instead, Beijing has chosen to take an approach that avoids highlighting the defense treaty while attempting to foster ties in other areas.

“Keeping mum on what they will actually do in a war scenario is a typical way for allies to discourage other members of an alliance from taking risky decisions,” said Zhang.

Still, he added, the first explanation also suggests that Beijing might turn a blind eye to a limited U.S. attack, one that does not seek to overthrow the Kim regime — and in turn put American troops on China’s doorstep.

But while a limited-war scenario may not trigger Chinese intervention, a full-scale war — one that would pit a superior U.S. military against North Korean forces — would be a different story.

China has long helped to prop up North Korea by providing it with aid and diplomatic cover as a means of maintaining a buffer zone between it and U.S.-allied South Korea. The founder of the People’s Republic, Mao Zedong, even had an aphorism for the North: “When the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold,” a reference to North Korea providing protection to an otherwise exposed China.

“China may worry that the U.S.-South Korea alliance will take over the entire Korean Peninsula,” Zhang said. In the event of a larger conflagration, it would intervene, he added, noting that this would not necessarily involve fighting, but possibly an attempt to maintain a kind of buffer zone near the Chinese border.

Experts say that with each provocation by the North, debate has grown in China over Pyongyang’s shifting role — “strategic asset” or a “strategic liability” — and whether the time has come for Beijing to cut its erstwhile ally loose.

“There is an intense debate in China over this question,” said Glaser. “There are deeply entrenched groups that view North Korea as a strategic asset.”

These groups argue that the U.S. is the greater threat and that the North helps to distract Washington’s attention from issues that involve Chinese core interests, such as the South China Sea, she noted.

But Glaser said “an increasingly vocal group of international scholars sees North Korea as a strategic liability. Xi Jinping has not yet taken a clear position, I’ve been told.”


https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2...act-proves-complicated-document/#.WbqBUqPTTIU

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

The mutual defence treaty is clear, if any country attacks North Korea, China will enter the war immediately to defend them.

However, if North Korea attacks first, then the mutual defence treaty does not apply.

But as we saw in the last Korean War, China is likely to seize a buffer zone regardless of either one of the two situations above. Since North Korea did attack first in the last Korean War, and it still ended up with China declaring war on the US + 16 of her allies combined, and pushing them completely out of North Korea.

What China wants is a buffer zone, and any country that tries to stop it will have to fight another Korean War to do so.

Ideally we will want a pro-China leader in North Korea, like Fat Kim's Uncle or Brother, not Fat Kim himself. Unfortunately he killed both of them. But a replacement can always be found.

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

The mutual defence treaty is clear, if any country attacks North Korea, China will enter the war immediately to defend them.

However, if North Korea attacks first, then the mutual defence treaty does not apply.

But as we saw in the last Korean War, China is likely to seize a buffer zone regardless of either one of the two situations above. Since North Korea did attack first in the last Korean War, and it still ended up with China declaring war on the US + 16 of her allies combined, and pushing them completely out of North Korea.

What China wants is a buffer zone, and any country that tries to stop it will have to fight another Korean War to do so.

Ideally we will want a pro-China leader in North Korea, like Fat Kim's Uncle or Brother, not Fat Kim himself. Unfortunately he killed both of them. But a replacement can always be found.

This last-ditch attempt 王牌 reminds one of the last century's British one, namely 愛新覺羅溥儀 (Aisin Gioro Pu Yi)!

Spoiler: Links

http://i2.wp.com/mmbiz.qpic.cn/mmbi...WuV9M5HZibRD3dh2sH3URn7vJQde1Iw/0?wx_fmt=jpeg
http://www.ifuun.com/a20176163011310/

▲ 兒時的溥儀，三歲登基，那會兒啥都不懂呢，莫名其妙就坐上了皇位

And the other southern puppet leader:

Spoiler: Links

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/0e/50/1f/...5d7ccf--monochrome-photography-dalai-lama.jpg
https://www.pinterest.jp/pin/156359418285450131/

▲ Lhamo Thondup



Next northeastern puppet leader?

March 8, 2017

Kim Han Sol first became an object of fascination when in 2012 former UN Under-Secretary General Elisabeth Rehn interviewed him in Bosnia, where he was studying, for a Finnish TV station. Sporting ear studs, styled hair and a black suit, he spoke articulately about his wish for national unification and awkwardness in befriending South Koreans.

Spoiler: Links

https://koreaexpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2011100100208_0.jpg
https://koreaexpose.com/who-is-kim-han-sol/

▲ High school photos of Kim Han Sol emerged in 2011.

Spoiler: Links

https://koreaexpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Kim-Han-sol-02-1024x683.jpg
https://koreaexpose.com/who-is-kim-han-sol/

▲ High school photos of Kim Han Sol emerged in 2011.

https://koreaexpose.com/who-is-kim-han-sol/



March 09, 2017 09:57

The son of Kim Jong Nam, who was assassinated in Kuala Lumpur last month, appeared on YouTube on Wednesday for the first time since the hit on his father.

In the 40-second clip posted by a group calling itself Cheollima Civil Defense, which purports to help North Korean defectors, Han Sol says, "My name is Kim Han Sol, from North Korea, part of the Kim family."

He then holds up what looks like a North Korean diplomatic passport to the camera, but the details are blacked out.

"My father has been killed a few days ago. I'm currently with my mother and my sister. We are very grateful to..." he continues before the sound cuts off and his mouth is covered by a black bar to prevent lip-reading. When the sound returns he says, "...and we hope this gets better soon."


One intelligence source said he searched for a Western country that could protect him and appears to have gotten in touch with the Dutch government, which has been interested in North Korean human rights issues, through his European friends from school.

"Through the Dutch ambassador, who serves as the country's diplomatic representative to both North and South Korea, the Dutch government asked for the cooperation of the South and U.S. governments to protect Kim, who was smuggled out of Macau to a third country. The unnamed fourth government mentioned by Cheollima Civil Defense may be South Korea," the source said.

The source added that Kim and his family could not have left Macau without the help of Beijing. Transit points being mentioned are Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan or Thailand, which all house regional offices of the CIA.

It is unclear whether he traveled with his sister. The intelligence source said, "There was information that Kim Sol Hui was living in Switzerland, so she may have met up with her family in a third country."

The Cheollima Civil Defense website is registered by a company based in Panama, but that could simply be a proxy. Panama is a major transit point for shady North Korean diplomats and also served as a conduit to smuggle Cuban cigars abroad.

http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2017/03/09/2017030900960.html


March 7, 2017, 9:31 p.m. UTC

Cheollima Civil Defense responded last month to an emergency request by survivors of the family of Kim Jong Nam for extraction and protection. The three family members were met quickly and relocated to safety. We have in the past addressed other urgent needs for protection. This will be the first and last statement on this particular matter, and the present whereabouts of this family will not be addressed.

We publicly express our gratitude for the emergency humanitarian assistance afforded to us in protecting this family by the governments of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the People’s Republic of China, the United States of America, and a fourth government to remain unnamed. We also recognize our colleagues who remain in the North or within its system who provide critical assistance in extracting such individuals.

In particular, we recognize Ambassador A.J.A. Embrechts, representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, for his timely and strong response to our sudden request for assistance. Ambassador Embrechts is a credit to the people of the Netherlands and their long and principled stance for human rights and humanitarian norms.

We regret that several nations refused assistance to this family in this particular apolitical, humanitarian emergency. We, and those we aid, recognize with gratitude all who stand with us on the right side of history.

http://www.cheollimacivildefense.org/

Spoiler: Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48sn4gXKzO4

▲ KHS Video, published on Mar 7, 2017



This might not be the last we hear of Kim Han Sol. Some commentators speculate that Pyongyang wanted Kim Jong Nam dead because China planned to replace the current leader with him. Now, with his father gone, some believe that Kim Han Sol, who belongs to the “Baekdu hyeoltong” — North Korea’s ruling family bloodline — may be a contender for the throne.

https://koreaexpose.com/who-is-kim-han-sol/


Nice try and better luck next time!

 

[Muhammed45]

The mutual defence treaty is clear, if any country attacks North Korea, China will enter the war immediately to defend them.

However, if North Korea attacks first, then the mutual defence treaty does not apply.

But as we saw in the last Korean War, China is likely to seize a buffer zone regardless of either one of the two situations above. Since North Korea did attack first in the last Korean War, and it still ended up with China declaring war on the US + 16 of her allies combined, and pushing them completely out of North Korea.

What China wants is a buffer zone, and any country that tries to stop it will have to fight another Korean War to do so.

Ideally we will want a pro-China leader in North Korea, like Fat Kim's Uncle or Brother, not Fat Kim himself. Unfortunately he killed both of them. But a replacement can always be found.

China has all rights to defend it's ideology in it's neighborhood sir.
Agree with you