Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to North Korea, his mediation of the Iran ceasefire negotiations, and the establishment of a nuclear-powered submarine (Jangbogo-N) timeline at the ROK-U.S. Security Consultative Meeting are forming a massive geopolitical chessboard between the Eurasian continental powers (North Korea, China, Russia) and the maritime alliance (South Korea, the U.S., Japan, Canada).…

China’s solidarity with the continental powers (China, North Korea, and Russia) through its first visit to North Korea in seven years is a massive geopolitical turning point. It goes far beyond the security of the Korean Peninsula, deeply shaking the global supply chain and the advanced technology landscape. Amidst the dense encirclement of China by…