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Comradely criticism: a brief history of Chinese-North Korean media spats

A recent tit-for-tat of editorials in Beijing and Pyongyang is not a new phenomenon

In May 2017, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) published an English-language article titled “Commentary on DPRK-China relations.” The article, authored by one Kim Chol, was a clear and direct critique of Beijing, and Chinese policy toward North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.

Though such criticism has occurred before, this instance was the latest in only a small handful of cases in which China and the DPRK criticized each other directly and by name.

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