CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Xie, Yichun |
|---|---|
| Title | CHINA NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR POLICY AND NORTHEAST ASIAN POLITICS: A NEOREALIST PERSPECTIVE |
| Summary | The sudden collapse of the Soviet Union has had a significant impact on North Korea. Its economic system, which used to depend heavily on its “big brother”, has crumbled. As a result, an estimated of 10,000 to 300,000 (according to different resources) North Korean defectors flee their country across the borders to China mostly because of economic hardship. The Chinese authority’s hard-line policy imposed on North Korean defectors on the one hand causes humanitarian crisis, and on the other hand, has great impact on the stability and unification of the Korean Peninsula. Why does China adopt such a hard-line policy vis-à-vis the North Korean defectors in addition to its underperforming human rights record? What is the rationale behind this policy? Will there be a policy change and proper solution to the problem so that to maintain the stability in the Korean Peninsula? In this paper, I will apply the neorealist framework to answer the questions. Why China adopt the policy is related to its self-perception of national security, its interest in maintaining the stability of the Korean Peninsula and the balance of power considerations against the US-Japan coalition. |
| Supervisor | Fumagalli, Matteo |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/xie_yichun.pdf |
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