there is a strategic element to the relationship between those 2 countries that cannot be ignored i think we have to acknowledge that there is a difference in how the object of 50 nuclear station is prioritized for china this is an important issue china once a nuclear weapons free korean peninsula but the fog greater threat to china so to say would be a collapsing or an in stable north korea so for the chinese it's still important that the nuclear weapons free korean peninsula is realized that this goal is achieved but at the same time they will not support sanctions that would actually threaten the stability of the north korean regime for its very important context there eric by the a fellow at the institute of korean studies at berlin's for university thank you so much for joining us thank you very much for having me. now in china the former head of interpol man hong way has pleaded guilty to accepting almost 2000000 euros in