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China-North Korea
October 20, 2006





The Washington Post is reporting that China has sent a “strong
message” to North Korea not to continue with its nuclear program.
The article states:
    Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and other Chinese
    officials did not provide details of the meeting on Thursday
    between a Chinese envoy and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
    But Li pointedly told reporters after meeting with Rice that
    China will "continue to implement our relevant international
    obligations and exert our due role in this process."

According to the article, China has encouraged North Korea to return
to simultaneous negotiations with numerous other nations, including
the United States and China.
Read the article!!


Discussion Starters

  • Ask your students if they have ever witnesses a negotiation
    between two people. Ask them to write a decriptive essay in
    which they explain what they saw. They might blog these
    essays. Tell students to make these essays as descriptive as
    possible. After they have finished writing these essays invite
    several students to read them. You might ask students to
    explain the point of negotiation. Is it ok to negotiate?

  • Tell your students to pretend that they have been approaced by
    the White House to issue an opinion as to whether or not the
    United States should enter into bi-lateral negotiations with North
    Korea. Tell them the White House wants to see both pros and
    cons. You might have students work in groups to develops
    these ideas. You might also have them develop a Power Point
    (or something similar) presentation so that they can clearly
    present the two sides of the issue. (Determine whether or not
    you want to require students to actually issue an opinion.)

  • Students likely know very little about the border between China
    and North Korea. Tell them to pretend that they work for
    National Geographic. They have been assigned the
    responsibility of preparing a news segment, for television,
    describing the border to the public. What types of cultures
    surround it? What are the physical characteristics? What about
    the human-made characteristics? Encourage students to use
    props. You might video tape these presentations and post them
    on line. (Ask students if they think it's important to understand
    the border between China and North Korea to understand the
    relationship between these two countries. Why/why not?)

  • Obviously the United States and North Korea do not get along.
    Ask your students to explain possible reasons that these two
    nations don't get alone. You might invite them to develop a
    graphic organizer highlighting the differences between these
    two nations. You could then tell them that they have been hired
    by a world peace organization to determine how you can build
    bridges between the American people and the North Korean
    people to help ensure that this animosity does not continue
    forever. In groups they can make proposals.
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