ABSTRACT
This chapter provides answers to the questions on how Chinese domestic politics impacts on security cooperation on the Korean Peninsula and what should be China's role in peace-building in the region. Chinese domestic politics is crucial for the foreign policy decision-making. The chapter addresses the Beijing leadership's innate priority in domestic politics and external policies and responses to the 2010 Korean crises. It examines Beijing's possible responses and preferences to Pyongyang's future behavior. China's future position and behavior on issues regarding the Korean Peninsula will be determined by the combination of its relations with the United States, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and the Republic of Korea (ROK). Emerging as a rational United Korea or at least creating an open and reformed North Korea will contribute more to the economic cooperation and regional security in Northeast Asia. The 2010 Korean crises were a series of attacks on the ROK by the DPRK.
