Author Archives: Melanie Kirkpatrick

Melanie Kirkpatrick

Melanie Kirkpatrick, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, is the author of “Escape From North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia’s Underground Railroad.”

CHINA’S COMPLICITY IN NORTH KOREA’S ABUSES

By Melanie Kirkpatrick Victor Cha | July 31, 2014

One way the United States can pressure Pyongyang is to pressure Beijing. Washington needs to remind its counterpart that continuing to repatriate North Koreans is harmful to its relations with South Korea and the United States, and is unbefitting of China’s aspirations to be a great power.