The Six Party Talks: A Chinese perspective

Asian Perspective

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 29-43

  Shulong, Chu ^a   Xinzhu, Lin ^a  

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Author keywords

Chinese foreign policy in Korea; Multilateral security East Asia; North Korea; Nuclear weapons

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249151406     PISSN: 02589184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. The "9/19/2005 Joint Statement" of the Six Party Talks states that the "DPRK commits to give up all its nuclear weapons and nuclear plans." Renmin ribao (People's Daily, Beijing), September 20, 2005.
2. Jin Xide, "The Six-Party Talks: To Search for Common Points," World Affairs, No. 19 (2005), p. 26
3. "President Hu Jintao's New Year's Speech," Renmin ribao, January 1, 2008.
4. Zhu Feng, "China's Foreign Mediation and the Six-Party Talks on North Korean Nuclear Problem," Foreign Affairs Review (April, 2008), pp. 23-30.
5. Kim Jong Il told a Chinese delegation on March 21, 2005 that "the DPRK still persists in its stance on a nuclear-free Korean peninsula and in peaceful resolution of disputes through dialogue." China Daily (Beijing), March 22, 2005.
6. The "9/19/2005 Joint Statement" of the Six Party Talks states that "the DPRK commits to give up all its nuclear weapons and nuclear plans." Renmin ribao, September 20, 2005.
7. The National Security Strategy of the United States of America (September, 2002, pp. 2 and 15) states that "America will act against such emerging threats before they are fully formed." "The United States has long maintained the option of preemptive actions to counter a sufficient threat to our national security."
8. Le Tian, "Hu, Bush Discuss Iran and DPRK Nuclear Issues," China Daily, July 17, 2006
9. The "Joint Statement of the Six-Parties Talks" on September 19, 2005 states that "the six parties are willing to discuss the ways to enhance security cooperation in Northeast Asia." Renmin ribao, September 20, 2005. The News Communique of the Meeting of the Heads of Delegations of the Six-Party Talks on July 20, 2007 states that they agree to set up five "working groups" under the SPT, one of which is the "working group on Peace and Security Mechanism in Northeast Asia." Renmin ribao, July 21, 2007. The Meeting of Heads of Delegations of the Six-Party Talks also issued a communique on July 12, 2008 that stated: "The Six Parties agree to search deeply and further on guiding principles for maintaining peace and security in Northeast Asia." See China Daily, July 12-13, 2008.
10. "Rice Happy with Talks, Meets DPRK Counterpart," China Daily, July 24, 2008.
11. There has been an increase in calls for multilateral security cooperation in Northeast and East Asia by Chinese officials and scholars in recent years, such as the following: Wang Yi, "Neo-Asianism in the 21st Century," Foreign Affairs Review (June, 2006), pp. 6-10
12. Yang Wenchang, "Building New Security Pattern in Northeast Asia," China Daily, July 24, 2007
13. Wang Kuo, "Building Efficient Regional Security Cooperation Mechanism," Renmin ribao, February 1, 2007
14. Xue Xiapeng, "Changes in China's Ideas on East Asian Regionalism," Foreign Affairs Review (June, 2006), pp. 28-33
15. Zhang Tuosheng, "Confidence Building Needed in Northeast Asia," China Daily, July 11, 2006.
16. Jin Xide. "The Six-Party Talks: To Search for Common Points," World Affairs, No. 19 (2005), p. 26.
17. The White House. The National Security Strategy of the United States of America (September, 2002).
18. Wang Yi. "Neo-Asianism in the 21st Century," Foreign Affairs Review (June, 2006), pp. 6-10.
19. Xue Xiapeng. "Changes in China's Ideas on East Asian Regionalism," Foreign Affairs Review (June, 2006), pp. 28-33.
20. Zhu Feng. "China's Foreign Mediation and the Six-Party Talks on North Korean Nuclear Problem," Foreign Affairs Review (April, 2008), pp. 23-30.