After North Korea conducted a test on Jan. 6 that it claims was of a hydrogen bomb, the Chinese regime departed from its past practice of defending the isolated nation. According to South Korea media reports, the Chinese regime has imposed sanctions, and its diplomatic language toward North Korea has taken a sharper tone.
Asia Today Korea, a South Korea-based online news website, reported on Jan. 9 that China has leveled sanctions on North Korea, according to the Chinese-language Duowei News.
First, the Chinese regime is said to have implemented a tough crackdown on illegal trading along the China–North Korea border. Merchants of two countries can exchange their goods at the border as usual, but Chinese guards have strengthened their monitoring of trade.
Also, in Dandong, the largest Chinese border city, which faces Sinuiju, North Korea, across the Yalu River, the red tape needed to go through customs has been strengthened. The city accounts for 70 percent of the total trade between the two countries, and it is also a site where tourism flourishes.
