Sino-NK in the Border Region: Executive Summary

Funded by a grant from the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS), three core members of the Sino-NK team followed the path taken by Kim Jong-il during a trip to Northeast China in 2010. During this Manchurian venture through Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang provinces, we interacted with contemporary and historical places, artifacts, and people; we benchmarked our understanding of the wider region; and we arrived at a more holistic appraisal of Sino-North Korean relations than is otherwise possible when located outside the region.