Taipei and Beijing are exploring different ways to mitigate the persistent threat of North Korea while China and Taiwanese diplomatic relations are at a historic low, experts said at a Heritage Foundation event Friday. In answer to a question at the Washington, D.C. think tank, panel discussion, Patrick Cronin, senior director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for New American Security, said, “North Korea has found the building of an illicit counter-economy is a good counterbalance to sanctions.” He pointed to North Korea’s dealing with other Asian and African countries in development projects and trade to raise money … Continue reading Experts: Taiwan and China Looking for Better Ways to Handle North Korean Threat