From Old Baldy to the Yalu, North Korea lies devastated by war and despondent in the grip of unchallenged Communism. Geneva proved that it is likely to stay that way. But amidst the ruins, according to the reports of neutral observers and Korean agents, a strange, unequal competition is going on between Russian and Chinese influence.
The Bear's Share. In the year since Panmunjom, between 5,000,000 and 7,000,000 hungry, mostly jobless, often nomadic North Koreans* have watched a prosperous brood of Russians, Red Chinese and assorted satellites descend upon their country's rubble, poking through blasted factories, tinkering with ancient generators and...