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Sino-North Korean Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation, and Mutual Assistance
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese中朝友好合作互助条约
Traditional Chinese中朝友好合作互助條約
Korean name
Hangul중조우호협력상호원조조약
Signing of the treaty by Kim Il-Sung and Zhou Enlai in 11 July 1961, Beijing
Treaty signing in Beijing on 11 July 1961

The Sino-North Korean Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty is a treaty signed on 11 July 1961 between North Korea and China. The treaty is currently the only defense treaty China and North Korea has with any nation.[1]

Background

After the 1961 May 16 Coup, the new South Korean leader Park Chung-hee urged for an increase in military spending and for action to be taken against North Korea. The North Korean leadership feared a South Korean invasion and turned to the Soviet Union and China for support.[2]

Signing

The treaty was signed in Beijing and came into effect on 10 September of the same year.[3][4] Premier of the People's Republic of China Zhou Enlai and Prime Minister of North Korea Kim Il-sung signed for their respective countries.[5] The treaty generally promoted peaceful cooperation in the areas of culture, economics, technology and other social benefits between the two nations.[5] Specifically, Article 2 of the treaty declares the two nations undertake all necessary measures to oppose any country or coalition of countries that might attack either nation.[6]

The treaty remains in effect and automatically renews every 20 years, being renewed in 1981 and 2001.[5][7] The most recent renewal will remain in effect until 2021.[8][7] The right to cancel the Sino-North Korean Treaty can be invoked at specified five-year intervals, and each party must give advance notice of one year.[6]

Kim Il-sung arrived in Beijing in 1961 to sign the treaty just a few days after signing the North Korean-Soviet Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty (朝苏友好合作互助条约).[5] The Soviet treaty however has not been in effect since the 1990s with only a revised "consultation" treaty being re-adopted in 1999.[6]

See also

References

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  1. ^ "China-N. Korea defense treaty". koreatimes. 26 July 2016. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  2. ^ 北朝鮮と軍事同盟50年を祝う中国を侮るな. MSN産経ニュース (in Japanese). 18 July 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013. Alternative source: [1] Archived 12 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Archived copy" 1961年7月11日 《中朝友好合作互助條約》在北京簽訂. Cpc.people.com.cn. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy" 中朝兩國關係發展的新契機. CCTV News. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ a b c d "Archived copy" 鴨綠江水靜流淌：中朝60年紀事. Ifeng. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ a b c Harrison, Selig S. [2003] (2003). Korean endgame: a strategy for reunification and U.S. disengagement. p 322.
  7. ^ a b "China 'not obliged to defend North Korea from an attack'". The Straits Times. 14 April 2017. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Archived copy" 兩韓緊張升級　中國角色難演 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Sina Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 3 June 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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