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What China’s DeepSeek AI reveals about Beijing’s red lines on North Korea

AI censored its own answer on Chinese sanctions evasion — but not its biting critique of North Korea’s nuclear path

North Korea instigated the Korean War while China was only a “reactive” party. The DPRK should participate in arms control but not eliminate all its nuclear weapons. Pyongyang cozies up to Beijing when it needs food and shows only performative goodwill, but the two countries still need each other. And despite it all, China is exploiting loopholes in U.N. sanctions to assist North Korea economically.

These are all answers provided by DeepSeek — China’s answer to ChatGPT — to a broad range of often sensitive questions about bilateral relations with the DPRK, and they provide a glimpse into not just