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	<title>Daniel Michaeli: Asia Ruminations &#187; North Korea</title>
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		<title>U.S.-South Korea Ties Strengthen as China Shirks Responsibility</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/07/13/u-s-south-korea-ties-strengthen-as-china-shirks-responsibility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lee Myung-bak]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, the UN Security Council came out with a weak statement that failed to assign blame for the attack and sinking of a South Korean naval ship in March. China and Russia declined to participate in an international inquiry, watered down the Security Council statement, and now willfully look the other way as North Korea continues denying its involvement. The Council&#8217;s statement mentioned the results of the internationally-backed inquiry that showed a North Korean torpedo was responsible, but that was all.
Frankly, Korean president Lee Mung-bak failed to take advantage ...]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea&#8217;s Chinese Buddies</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/05/03/north-koreas-chinese-buddies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 21:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With &#8220;a battalion of security guards and female dining companions&#8221; aboard his train, North Korea&#8217;s leader arrived in China today en-route to Beijing. Kim Jong-il finds himself increasingly under pressure for the sinking of South Korea&#8217;s Cheonan in March, isolated by international sanctions, and still reeling from having angered much of North Korea&#8217;s elite with last year&#8217;s currency fiasco.
So Kim would probably be grateful for just about anything Beijing will give him. And reports suggest China has lots of goodies to offer, in exchange for access to minerals and ports ...]]></description>
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		<title>Sinking of the Cheonan: Opportunity and Danger</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/04/23/sinking-of-the-cheonan-opportunity-and-danger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheonan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Korea has a history of aggressive behavior towards the South. So it would not be entirely out of character for it to have ordered an attack on a South Korean ship in retaliation for a naval skirmish last year, as some are alleging (including a North Korean defector).
If it becomes clear that North Korea&#8217;s top leaders ordered this attack, with a probable death toll of 46 sailors, the South Korean public will demand a forceful response from President Lee Myung-bak. Since the Cheonan was sunk nearly four weeks ago, ...]]></description>
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		<title>The U.S.-China Relationship (Radio Interview)</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2009/11/17/radio-interview-icelandic-national-broadcasting-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Media: Icelandic National Broadcasting Service &#8211; Radio 1 &#8220;Spegillinn.&#8221;
Subjects: President Obama&#8217;s trip to Shanghai and Beijing, and the U.S.-China relationship.
Length: 5:42.
This is the radio segment in which I was interviewed on President Obama&#8217;s trip to China in November 2009. The audio is in Icelandic except for my answers to interview questions.

Note: If you have trouble with the embedded MP3 file above, you can open or download the interview directly here.
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		<title>Why China Doesn&#8217;t Want a Nuclear North Korea</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2008/01/09/why-china-doesnt-want-a-nuclear-north-korea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Date: 9 January 2008.
Publication: Far Eastern Economic Review.
Author: Daniel Michaeli.
North Korea’s nuclear program is a danger not only to the United States, but also to China. A proliferation crisis, particularly in the Middle East, would carry consequences compromising the delicately balanced domestic economic and social stability that China’s leaders strive to maintain. In order to preserve its own interests, China must prevent such a crisis from occurring.

 
The discovery of another nuclear weapons program in the Middle East would inflame tensions and could lead to a wide-scale war. North Korea was ...]]></description>
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