Side N
China, North Korea and the Tumen River Sea Outlet
Which sources back which section of this article, and what its evidence base looks like.
Which sources back which section
| Section | Sources behind it |
|---|---|
| What Happened | International Boundary Study No. 59, US Department of State (1965); the 1991 agreement’s text (PA-X, University of Edinburgh); Xinhua; KCNA, via GlobalSecurity.org; China’s Mission to the UN; China’s Embassy in Egypt; China’s Mission in Geneva; China’s Embassy in Croatia; CNA (Chou Hui-ying); The Korea Times, republishing the South China Morning Post; The Epoch Times (Alex Wu); TASS; Defense News (Linus Höller); a NetEase self-media piece (2026); Russell Hsiao, Jamestown China Brief (2010) |
| Timeline | International Boundary Study No. 59, US Department of State (1965); the 1991 agreement’s text (PA-X, University of Edinburgh); Xinhua; KCNA, via GlobalSecurity.org; China’s Mission to the UN; China’s Embassy in Egypt; China’s Mission in Geneva; China’s Embassy in Croatia; CNA (Chou Hui-ying); The Korea Times, republishing the South China Morning Post; 38 North (Rachel Minyoung Lee, 20 Jul 2026); 38 North (Rachel Minyoung Lee, 21 Aug 2026); The Epoch Times (Alex Wu); TASS; Defense News (Linus Höller); China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the 1991 agreement’s Chinese text; Jiang Yi, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences |
| The Argument | the 1991 agreement’s text (PA-X, University of Edinburgh); CNA (Chou Hui-ying); The Epoch Times (Alex Wu); TASS; Zhao Lingmin, Master Insight (2024); Sina News (2024); Russell Hsiao, Jamestown China Brief (2010) |
| What Others Add | 38 North (Rachel Minyoung Lee, 20 Jul 2026); 38 North (Rachel Minyoung Lee, 21 Aug 2026); NK News (Anton Sokolin), on an INSS study; Kyiv Post, on a Bloomberg estimate |
| Conclusion | International Boundary Study No. 59, US Department of State (1965); the 1991 agreement’s text (PA-X, University of Edinburgh); CNA (Chou Hui-ying); 38 North (Rachel Minyoung Lee, 20 Jul 2026); 38 North (Rachel Minyoung Lee, 21 Aug 2026); The Epoch Times (Alex Wu); TASS; Defense News (Linus Höller) |
What the evidence base looks like
- 23Sources behind this article
- 5Sections, every one of them sourced
- 23Read in full
- 9Government documents and official readouts
| What the source is | How many | How they were read |
|---|---|---|
| Government documents and official readouts | 9 | All read in full, at the treaty text, the boundary study or the readout itself |
| News reporting | 7 | All read in full |
| Analysis and scholarship | 4 | All read in full; the two 38 North pieces from an archived copy of the page |
| Commentary | 3 | All read in full |
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