With North Korea firing missiles and facing a potential food crisis, China’s ruling Communist Party is sending a mid-level official to visit in hopes of restoring exchanges between the allies.
Li Hongzhong will join official North Korean commemorations of the signing of an armistice that ended fighting in the Korean War 70 years ago. North Korea, which launched the ultimately futile attempt to conquer its southern rival, considers the agreement a recognition of victory.
Some experts say North Korea might ramp up its weapons tests around the anniversary of the armistice on Thursday, July 27. China has joined United Nations sanctions against North Korea over its missile and nuclear programs but remains its most important economic and political ally. Little is known about discreet contacts between the two, but Beijing has long been committed to preventing the collapse of North Korea’s three-generation-old Kim regime.
North Korea has been preparing huge celebrations of the armistice anniversary that are likely to be capped off by a military parade in the capital, Pyongyang, where leader Kim Jong-un could showcase his most powerful, nuclear-capable missiles designed to target neighboring rivals and the U.S.
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