This hostility between America's major allies in Northeast Asia prevents the further development of US policies designed to respond to China's military advancement. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
South Korea also declared it was imposing a new round of economic sanctions on North Korea, whose sole major ally is China. (fortune.com)
Kim's March trip was his first to his country's only major ally since taking power six years ago, kicking off a flurry of diplomacy. (cnbc.com)