WHEN Kim Jong-un inherited power in North Korea in late 2011, then-Chinese president Hu Jintao was outwardly supportive of the untested young leader, predicting that “traditional friendly cooperation” between the countries would strengthen.
Two years later, Jong-un ordered the execution of his uncle Jang Song-thaek, the country’s chief interlocutor with China and a relatively reform-minded official in the hermetic state.
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