When information is scarce and risks are high, even responsible stakeholders can start to act like fugitives.

Chinese officials burned plenty of energy these past few days dodging foreign reporters who were trying to get answers to the most basic questions – some of which were later answered, in part, with the announcement that negotiations were indeed taking place over core issues in the bilateral relationship between Beijing and Pyongyang.

So how can we get past the gaps in information, the misinformation, and the inevitable Trump-focused treatments of the summit between Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un? One way of