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A Misunderstood Friendship - Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung, and Sino-North Korean Relations, 1949-1976 (Hardcover, Revised Edition)
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A Misunderstood Friendship - Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung, and Sino-North Korean Relations, 1949-1976 (Hardcover, Revised Edition)
Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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Today, the People's Republic of China is North Korea's only ally on
the world stage, a tightly knit relationship that goes back
decades. Both countries portray their partnership as one of
"brotherly affection" based on shared political ideals-an alliance
"as tight as lips to teeth"-even though relations have deteriorated
in recent years due to China's ascendance and North Korea's
intransigence. In A Misunderstood Friendship, leading diplomatic
historians Zhihua Shen and Yafeng Xia draw on previously untapped
primary source materials revealing tensions and rivalries to offer
a unique account of the China-North Korea relationship. They
unravel the twists and turns in high-level diplomacy between China
and North Korea from the late 1940s to the death of Mao Zedong in
1976. Through unprecedented access to Chinese government documents,
Soviet and Eastern European archives, and in-depth interviews with
former Chinese diplomats and North Korean defectors, Shen and Xia
reveal that the tensions that currently plague the alliance between
the two countries have been present from the very beginning of the
relationship. They significantly revise existing narratives of the
Korean War, China's postwar aid to North Korea, Kim Il-sung's
ideological and strategic thinking, North Korea's relations with
the Soviet Union, and the importance of the Sino-U.S.
rapprochement, among other issues. A Misunderstood Friendship adds
new depth to our understanding of one of the most secretive and
significant relationships of the Cold War, with increasing
relevance to international affairs today.
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