THE RELATIONSHIP CHINA - NORTH KOREA 2011-2018

Abstract

Kim Jong Un’s arrival on power and Xi Jin Ping’s government have weakened China’s relationship with North Korea since 2011. However, China’s partial compliance with the United Nations sanctions regime towards North Korea is not decisive in the fellowship between the two countries. The United States, the creation of identity andthe construction of a fraternity discourse, have been interveningvariables in a liaison of gradual co-dependence between both countries. The study of these elements can give us an overview in order to understand which guidelines will be useful in Chile ́s insertion strategy into the Asian scenario, as a hinge actor whose backbone is the Pacific and thus consolidate itself as a bridge to Asia.