China faces implications for regional stability and its strategic interests as North Korea deploys troops to Russia.
After weeks of headlines about Pyongyang’s decision to dispatch thousands of troops to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine, NATO and the Pentagon said this week that North Korea n soldiers are in Kursk, the Russia n region partly controlled by Ukrainian troops. Here’s why that’s important for China .
But Beijing has also been frustrated with Pyongyang and the instability it brings, particularly with its nuclear weapons program and threats to annihilate South Korea. Now Pyongyang is injecting that same style of unpredictability into Ukraine, where the deployment of its troops risks a wider escalation that could start to play out in both Europe and Asia. Why It Matters North Korea’s deployment of troops represents a tough balancing act for China.
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