China Goes Public on North Korea, Foreign Policy, Daniel W. Drezner

Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, right, greets North Korean envoy, Vice Marshal Choe, in Beijing on Friday. Rao Aimin/Xinhua, via Associated Press

In this case, even the publication of the sanctions list itself is something of an intelligence find for the United States — as Perlez notes:

“The list gives a good insight into what China knows about the missile and bomb development of North Korea,” said [Roger] Cavazos, the former Army intelligence officer who now works as an analyst at the Nautilus Institute, which studies international security issues. “From what I can tell, it lays out almost all China knows about North Korea’s missile and nuclear program.”

Nautilus Peace and Security Weekly – 19 September 2013

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Could a Maritime Conflict Start a Sino-American War?

China’s amphibious warships conduct training session (sina.com)

Mark Valencia writes, “There is now little doubt that China and the West are going to clash. They are already competing in both military and civilian areas and more fundamentally in values and the pursuit of political power. The as yet unanswered questions are will the conflicts become “physical” and, if so, how and why?”

Mark Valencia is Senior Visiting Scholar at the National Institute for South China Sea Studies in Haikou, China and a Nautilus Institute Associate.