South Korea, China Need Post-Kim Jong-il Plan
Professor Susan Shirk quoted in The Korea Times
12/05/2008
Sunny Lee,
The Korea Times
"BEIJING ? The idea of having a discussion among concerned countries about the post-Kim Jong-il era has been a sensitive proposal, as some policy makers fear it could provoke anger from the irascible Pyongyang government. Nonetheless, a well-known global security expert said it's time to have one.
Susan Shirk, who served under the Clinton administration as deputy assistant secretary of state, told The Korea Times during an interview in Beijing: ``There are now a lot of questions on the domestic situation in North Korea. China, along with South Korea and the United States, don't want to see a violent collapse of the North Korean government..."
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