{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Korea Now Podcast #119 \u2013 Bal\u00e1zs Szalontai \u2013 \u2018The Chinese-North Korean Relationship\u2019","description":"This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Bal\u00e1zs Szalontai. They speak about China\u2019s controversial role in North Korea\u2019s economic transformation, Chinese involvement in planning for a potential second Korean war (1965-1967), Chinese attitudes toward confrontational acts by North Korea, and how North Korea has managed to exploit conflicts between China, Japan, and South Korea, while trying to sabotage trilateral cooperation. Bal\u00e1zs Szalontai is a Professor at Korea University, a former-Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at Mongolian International University of Science and Technology, and a former-Research Associate at the Institute for International Education in Seoul. Bal\u00e1zs is the author of \u2018Kim Il Sung in the Khrushchev Era: Soviet-DPRK Relations and the Roots of North Korean Despotism, 1953-1964\u2019 and \u2018North Korea Caught in Time: Images of War and Reconstruction\u2019. He is also the author of \u2018Captives of the Past: The Questions of Responsibility and Reconciliation in North Korea\u2019s Narratives of the Korean War\u2019, and his academic works can be found at: Balazs Szalontai | Korea University, Republic of Korea - Academia.edu *** The Korea Now Podcast #43 \u2013 Bal\u00e1zs Szalontai \u2013 \u2018Memory, Responsibility and Reconciliation - From the Korean War to Denuclearization\u2019  The Korea Now Podcast: The Korea Now Podcast #43 \u2013 Bal\u00e1zs Szalontai \u2013 \u2018Memory, Responsibility and Reconciliation - From the Korean War to Denuclearization\u2019 (libsyn.com) *** The Korea Now Podcast #100 \u2013 Bal\u00e1zs Szalontai \u2013 \u2018History of the North Korean Socio-Political System\u2019  The Korea Now Podcast: The Korea Now Podcast #100 \u2013 Bal\u00e1zs Szalontai \u2013 \u2018History of the North Korean Socio-Political System\u2019 (libsyn.com) *** North Korea between China, Japan, and the ROK, 2012-2016  (PDF) North Korea between China, Japan, and the ROK, 2012-2016 | Balazs Szalontai - Academia.edu *** &quot;If the Neighborhood Catches Fire, One Will Also Come to Grief&quot;: Chinese Attitudes toward North Korea's Confrontational Acts, 2009-2014  (PDF) &quot;If the Neighborhood Catches Fire, One Will Also Come to Grief&quot;: Chinese Attitudes toward North Korea's Confrontational Acts, 2009-2014 | Balazs Szalontai - Academia.edu *** Whose War Plan Was It? Sino-DPRK Relations and Kim Il Sung\u2019s Militant Strategy, 1965-1967  (PDF) Whose War Plan Was It? Sino-DPRK Relations and Kim Il Sung\u2019s Militant Strategy, 1965-1967 | Balazs Szalontai - Academia.edu *** The Dilemmas of Dependency: China's Controversial Role in North Korea's Economic Transformation  (PDF) The Dilemmas of Dependency: China's Controversial Role in North Korea's Economic Transformation | Balazs Szalontai - Academia.edu Support via Patreon \u2013&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/jedleahenry Support via PayPal \u2013&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/jrleahenry Shop \u2013&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/shop.spreadshirt.com.au\/JLH-shop\/ Support via Bitcoin - 31wQMYixAJ7Tisp773cSvpUuzr2rmRhjaW Website \u2013&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/www.jedleahenry.org Libsyn \u2013&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/korea-now-podcast.libsyn.com Youtube \u2013&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_qg6g1KyHaRXi193XqF6GA Twitter \u2013&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/twitter.com\/jedleahenry Academia.edu \u2013&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/university.academia.edu\/JedLeaHenry Research Gate \u2013&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Jed_Lea-Henry ","author_name":"The Korea Now Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.jedleahenry.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/22133132\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/22133132"}