During his New Year’s Eve address, the Chinese leader Xi Jinping said that “China will surely be reunified” and that “all Chinese on both sides of the Taiwan Strait should be bound by a common purpose.” In stark contrast, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un announced that “re-unification with South Korea is no longer possible” and that the constitution should be revised to designate the South as “principle enemy.” One might ponder which of these statements is a more ominous sign: Xi Jinping’s usual remark to pursue unification, or Kim Jong-un’s unusual statement to abandon it? By comparing changing perspectives and
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