Easy as A, B, Xi – China gives economic lessons to North Korea

by Patrick Baert Chinese President Xi Jinping has coached his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un on high-stakes diplomacy. Now he seems poised to give the young autocrat another lesson: how to reform a state-controlled economy while keeping an iron grip on power. Beijing has long pushed for Pyongyang to adopt similar measures to those … Continue reading Easy as A, B, Xi – China gives economic lessons to North Korea