I use an example of Reuters To demonstrate the confusion about North Korean sanctions meetings being held without China’s participation. A few weeks ago the international press was befuddled over the US position that China should be present at these meetings for the full benefit to be realized. China said often that the US should meet unilaterally with NK, while meeting with the US separately. This gives NK more status in the global scene. The press criticized the US for trying to set up meetings with a number of countries when China wanted the US to meet with NK privately.
Now the press wants to criticize an assortment of countries who are getting together to discuss NK sanctions, but leaving out China. China says this can’t possibly work because “important countries are being left out”. All I know for sure is the sanctions are definitely working at some level and China cannot control the outcome of the application of sanctions if the are not involved in setting them. The violate every agreement made, but it takes time to set up the front companies and trade groups that lead back to Chinese involvement. We are making that harder by leaving the Chinese out.
I don’t think they care if they are involved or not, but they want to control the setting of sanctions so they can violate them when they need to. Yes, this is absolutely hypocritical, but the press does not call them out on it. Having the Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii telling the administration that they should meet with NK “without conditions” is the typical political commentary that has nothing to do with international politics. The woman obviously knows nothing, except what she doesn’t like.
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