Meanwhile, China is seeking to seize opportunistically on the recent flare-up of a territorial dispute between South Korea and Japan to court the government in Seoul. But, perhaps most important, one of the pillars of the North Korean dictatorship may now be cracking – at a time when the country must once again cope with a severe, man-made food shortage.
东京—朝鲜半岛一片乱象。12月，韩国将举行大选，选出李明博的继任者，目前有三人竞争这一宝座。与此同时，中国寻求抓住最近的韩日领土争端的机会想韩国政府示好。但是，也许重要的还要数朝鲜独裁统治的支柱之一目前已经开始崩塌——而与此同时，该国极有可能将再次面临人为的严重食物短缺。