Will China’s new leaders really take on North Korea?

5 March 2013 No comments

Making real sanctions bite would threaten the North Korean regime’s stability, and an imploding North Korea could mean refugees flooding across the border, say Chinese scholars. Communist Party chief Xi Jinping, left, walks behind Chinese President Hu Jintao at the opening session of the annual National People’s Congress in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, Tuesday. (Ng Han Guan/AP) By Peter Ford, Staff Writer / March 5, 2013 at 10:55 am…

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