Publication

This publication looks at Sino-Korean relations from a historical perspective. Key insights include 1) that President Xi Jinping pays close attention to Chinese history and heritage, particularly of the Imperial era, for his policy formulation; 2) China’s future objective is to instill a system of tributary states; 3) North Korea is the clearest case of China’s evolving tributary-style relations; 4) the historical evolution of the Chinese tributary system regarding Korea is key to the formulation of the Chinese historic quest for regional and global hegemony, and more.