The origin of China’s desultory policy lies in its leadership’s failure to shape or sharpen the drift of domestic politics: many Chinese still see plucky little North Korea as a friend and ally. So China does nothing to signal a more serious way forward, much less earn respect in the broader international community, which is now thoroughly disgusted by North Korea’s behavior.
中国的外交政策之所以散乱无序，其原因在于中国领导层无力影响和塑造其国内政治动向：许多中国人仍旧将负隅顽抗的小国朝鲜当做自己的朋友和盟友。因此中国无法释放出认真处理朝鲜问题的信号，当然也就不会赢得一个对朝鲜的行为感到越来越厌恶的国际社会的广泛尊重。