International Relations 61-90 hp/ECTS
Course Part 3 Seminars and Thesis Work, 15 points
Department of Political Science and International Relations School of Social and Health Sciences
Halmstad University Spring term 2012
Supervisor: Jonna Johansson Student Name: Weirun Chen
The People’s Republic of China’s foreign Policy towards the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
-From issue areas of the nuclear weapon, the
possible reunification of two Koreas and the changed leadership in
the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Table of Contents
Abstract………...…3
1.1 Introduction……….………...4
1.2 Purpose and research question………....…6
1.3 Background………...7
1.4 The Structure of the thsis……….9
1.5 Previous Research……….9
2.0 The theoretical framework………12
2.1 Constructivism………12
2.2 Constructivism and the creation of identity……….………13
2.3 Constructivism with identity and interests………..15
3.0 Methodology………17
3.1 Material………...18
3.2 Delimitations………...22
4.0 Analysis……….…..24
4.1 The Nuclear Weapon Program……….………30
4.2 The possible reunification of two Koreas……….…………28
4.3 The Changed Leadership in North Korea……….…..36
5.0 Conclusion………..40
5.1 Predict the future of China’s foreign policy towards the North Korea……….41
6.0 Reference List……….43