https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2021/03/20/smart-panda-north-korea-confirms-it-is-actively-ignoring-biden-administration-as-joebama-engages-with-fatherland-china/#more-210097
The relationship between Beijing and Pyongyang has been obvious since President Trump took office in 2017 and began a series of sunlight diplomacy drops. What President Trump exposed was the level of control China holds over North Korea. Essentially, Kim Jong-Un is a hostage to Chairman Xi Jinping with little control over the military aspects of the DPRK.
Accept the DPRK as a proxy province to China and the issues look completely different. We can debate the level of Beijing’s control, but it is certainly evident the military -which is essentially the important part of the DPRK government- receives instructions from China, not from Kim.
Without a doubt Chinese think-tanks must be wondering if JoeBama really doesn’t know what President Trump knew and strategized. How can a change in administrations make such a radical shift to return to a foreign policy based on a big international lie; alas they have.
Chairman Xi Jinping is likely laughing at the Biden administration… (which seems visible based on the Alaska summit)… because it is too easy to play this Panda mask game with an adversary who is ideologically predisposed to ignoring the truth. Quite a remarkable position, and nothing within it will be good for the U.S.