March 29, 2024
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Chinese tourists in N. Korea: Empathy or condescension?

Those from across the Tumen look at the North today and see their own past experiences

When Chinese tourists visit the DPRK, their experiences there differ in key ways from those of the increasingly numerous Westerners who travel to the country.

In this second article on Chinese tourism to the DPRK –  the first one is here – our China borderlands reporter focuses on the Chinese side to describe what kinds of tourist from the Middle Kingdom actually visit the DPRK.

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