by P.S. SURYANARAYANA
Hu Jintao emphasised that “no matter how the international situation evolves, we [the Chinese leaders] will always view, uphold and enhance China-DPRK relations from a strategic height and a long-term perspective”. The political punchline is in the phrase, “no matter how the international situation evolves”. It requires no great insight to recognise that the phrase acquires considerable meaning in the evolving context of the pressure the DPRK faces from a number of major powers, including the United States, on a range of issues.
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