But, with the Kim regime terrified that economic liberalization would eventually provoke demands for greater political freedom, China’s influence over the regime is limited. As a Chinese official once told me in an unguarded moment, “North Korea has hijacked our foreign policy.”
结果，中国试图说服朝鲜效仿其市场经济榜样。但是，金氏政权害怕经济自由化最终会激发增加政治自由的要求，因此中国对金氏政权的影响力十分有限。一位中国官员曾经漏嘴告诉我，“朝鲜绑架了我们的对外政策。”