Originally Posted by
zhuzheng
Korea's situation is quite different. Mainland China and Taiwan have much closer economic ties than the N/S Koreas. Both PRC and ROC governments have established semi-official "private" organizations (海协会 and 海基會) to handle technical or business negotiations without "recognizing each others' legitimacy or sovereignty".
Yeah, but I meant in terms of diplomatic recognition they are
somewhat similar, although there is obviously less international ambiguity without a "one China"-type policy. But realistically, North Korea only really has serious economic ties to one country...