27 May 2022

“Beijing could have abstained, but it used the veto to publicly signal its growing disagreement with and resentment toward Washington. Everyone knew that the veto would send a wrong and dangerous message to North Korea, but Russia and China believe they face higher stakes in pushing back against their perceived hostility from the Western countries. Beijing and Moscow also genuinely see North Korea's nuclear and missile developments as driven by threats from Washington and cannot be fully blamed on Pyongyang. We have a perception gap problem among the major powers. North Korea is only exploiting and benefiting from it.”

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Zhao Tong

   Analyst

Beijing-based security scholar af the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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China and Russia veteoing U.S.-led push to impose more U.N. sanctions on North Korea

North Korea international profile

US - China relations