U.S.-China Dialogue on Internal Developments in North Korea

This project seeks to facilitate a dialogue between American and Chinese experts about developments on the Korean Peninsula. In July 2005, with the support of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), CSIS hosted a delegation of Chinese experts on Northeast Asia and convened a day-long conference to discuss North Korea's domestic economic and political situation and external policies. A summary of this conference was published as a USIP Briefing in late 2005.  In June 2006, CSIS led another delegation to Beijing and Jilin province in China’s northeast region bordering North Korea where they conducted interviews with Chinese experts on North Korea.  A report on that trip was published in December 2007 and is available here.

The CSIS and USIP hosted another Chinese delegation in December 2006. A summary of this conference was published as a USIP Briefing in January 2007.  It is available  here.  CSIS led another delegation to China in the spring of 2007.  The project enters its third year in 2008 and includes plans to host a delegation of Chinese experts on North Korea in Washington, D.C. in March.