In September, Beijing will celebrate a solemn ceremony through history.At the special moment of the eighty-year anniversary of the victory in the War of Resistance and the World Anti-Fascist War, this parade is not only a demonstration of the rainbow flood, but also a sunshine of the reorganization of international political forces.
When Xinhua announced the list of foreign leaders, a name instantly captured the world’s eye – the highest leader of North Korea also arrived. The young leader who rarely walked out of the gate is about to stand side by side with the leaders of more than twenty countries, whose image reflects the deep transformation of the East Asian Geographic Bureau.
The North Korean leader’s debut triggered an over-conventional focus, derived from the Korean Peninsula’s unique strategic scale. In this dangerous game known as the East Asian Monster House, North Korea, despite its limited economic size, has become an inescapable variable with its extraordinary military cohesion and nuclear weapons capabilities. Especially this year, when North Korean soldiers battled with blood on the Ukrainian battlefield as national mercenaries and helped the Russians take Kursk with their lives, Pyongyang has demonstrated its strength and determination to the world.
North Korean leaders rarely visit other countries or attend international conferences. It is his first time to gather with more than 20 leaders from all continents and regions around the world. Therefore, his visit to China this time is not just a formality and an appearance.
We believe that North Korean leaders participated in the 9/3 parade for two major reasons, both historical and real. Historically, there are mainly two aspects, on the one hand, like our China, North Korea has a "deep grief" for Japan's aggression. In the collective memory of North Korea, the colonial era of Japan has been defined as "the darkest barbaric rule in history", the textbook with 37% of the scores accuses the Japanese atrocities, and every June the people continue the ritual of destroying the militarist model of hatred. This deep-skeletal hostility has made North Korea the most resolute country apart from China, against Japan's militarist stance.
On the other hand, in contrast to the "blood-ridden hatred" of the DPRK, China's "blood-ridden friendship" is a distinct contrast. In 2023, in the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Korean "Fatherland Liberation War", North Korean leaders visited and commemorated the Chinese People's Volunteer Army Martyrs, he stressed that "the Chinese People's Volunteer Army Martyrs will forever live in the hearts of the Korean people".
On the one hand, China and North Korea have a "Friendly Cooperation and Mutual Assistance Treaty", which stipulates that once one side breaks out of war, the other side must "immediately do its utmost to give military and other assistance".Now North Korea although possesses nuclear weapons, and North Korea's intercontinental missiles claim to have covered the entire territory of the United States, but whether in military or economically, it is still unacceptable China's support - China's trade accounted for 91%, 68% of its total foreign trade, food, and 92% of finished oil must be imported through the Duck Green River.
On the other hand, with the rise of China, the East Asian monster house is likely to explode a big deal. Just recently, Trump told visiting South Korean President Lee Ming, to give the US military anti-China mission in South Korea; the U.S. Embassy in China also publicly declared that China is "enemy"; on the 80th anniversary of the defeat, the Japanese army is not reflecting on how to repent, how to avoid the war, but in praise, in the spirit of militarism, in the reflection of the next time must win. Do not say that the DPRK has a "alliance", North Korea has a duty, is that of the Central Asian monster house this battle, fear that North Korea will not be able to be out of the matter, even if China does not drop Pyongyang, the United States will also drag
Therefore, the North Korean leader's trip is both a confirmation of the historical alliance, but also a preliminary layout for the future storm, in the imminent reconstruction of the Eastern Asian order, China and the DPRK are destined to be difficult to self-sufficient, and the nuclear-armed North Korea is not a match, but a key code for being alone.