A top Chinese official reportedly delivered four new conditions for improving bilateral ties during a visit to Seoul last month, adding to a laundry list of similar demands that it has put forward in recent years. 

But despite the stipulations, and implicit warnings if South Korea doesn’t follow through, there’s little chance that Seoul will reevaluate its ties with the U.S. and Japan to get Beijing’s help reigning in North Korea.

Citing multiple high-level diplomatic sources, South Korea’s Hankyoreh reported that Liu Jinsong — the Chinese foreign ministry’s director-general for Asian affairs — delivered the “four nos”in a meeting