Before these official rebukes, there had been much speculation about whether China would risk a fundamental change in its relations with North Korea, the socialist “little brother” that it continues to subsidize heavily.
Antes de que se expresaran estas reprimendas oficiales, hubo mucha especulación sobre si China iba a arriesgarse a un cambio fundamental en sus relaciones con Corea del Norte, el “hermano menor” socialista a quien continúa subsidiando fuertemente.