When the Communist Party came to power in China and the People's Republic of China was established, the new Chinese leadership began to take steps to improve relations with North Korea. Immediately after the end of the Korean War (1950-1953), China and the DPRK entered into a number of agreements and treaties designed to strengthen the ties between the two states that embarked on the path of socialist development. One of the key agreements between China and North Korea was the conclusion of the “Border Treaty” in 1962, which became the guarantor of stability and security on the shared border; it also resolved previous border disputes between the two states. Making certain territorial concessions in the demarcation of the border the Chinese leadership acquired a reliable ally in conditions when China found itself in international isolation. At the same time, some South Korean politicians and scientists taking an interest in the “Border Treaty” concluded between the China and the DPRK expressed mixed views regarding the Sino-North Korean borders. They believed that the national interests of the Korean people were infringed upon by the demarcation of the border between China and the DPRK.

Ivanov Alexander Yurievich, Candidate of Sciences (History), Associate Professor, Department of Oriental Studies and History, Pacific National University, 68, Karl Marx st., Khabarovsk, 680000, Russian Federation, e-mail: ivanoff1967@mail.ru

Ivanov A.Yu. The Problem of Defining the Contemporary Border between the DPRK and China. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2020, vol. 34, pp. 90-98. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2020.34.90 (in Russian)

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