With international attention focused on a potential U.S.-North Korea summit meeting in May, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made a surprise trip to Beijing in late March to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. This conference explored the dynamics and tensions of the historical relationship between China and North Korea, the potential impact of Korean reunification on China, and China’s role in a limited military conflict and its aftermath.

Welcome Speakers

Nancy Lindborg
President, U.S. Institute of Peace

Thomas Banchoff
Vice President for Global Engagement, Georgetown University

Panel 1:China and North Korea Relations Panelists

• Dennis Wilder,Moderator
  Managing Director, Initiative for US-China Dialogue on Global Issues; Assistant Professor of Practice, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University
  @dennisw5
• Stella Xu
  Associate Professor of History, Roanoke College
• Yafeng Xia
  Professor of History, Long Island University Brooklyn
• Junsheng Wang
  Visiting Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council
  Director and Associate Professor, Department of China’s Regional Strategy, National Institute of International Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China

For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/china-and-north-korea-past-present-and-future