China and North Korea’s Missiles: Having the Cake and Eating It?

• Main Author: Nah, Liang Tuang
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: East Asia and Asia Pacific; Energy Security
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81960; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41016
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Beijing bitterly opposes the deployment of US missile defence systems in South Korea, but unless it is prepared to implement sanctions which would seriously punish Pyongyang’s missile aggrandisement, such deployments are inevitable.