‘It Was Like Having the Chinese Government in the Room With Us’

U.S. authorities provided satellite photos of a North Korean ship transferring coal to a Chinese-flagged vessel to the U.N. panel of experts for North. China responded that it was “completely normal” for Chinese coast guard vessels to patrol in the region and asked the panel “not to include in its report unverified information” about the Chinese ship. Also, they stated it was a matter of national security.

It also underscores the contradiction between Beijing’s attempt to assert itself as a
champion of multilateralism while it persistently seeks to air brush out the record of its
failure to live up to those commitments. The United States has expressed increasing concern about China’s failure to enforce sanctions.

Source: Foreign Policy #Oct15

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