Nearly three-fourths of the participants, including all of the Korean respondents, believe that economic exchanges are the most effective way to engage North Korea.
None expects great improvement for another decade or two.
A slight majority feels that Kim Jong Il will be in charge for the next two to 10 years. Keeps Getting Tougher Scholars and officials in China's foreign policy establishment are meeting at the Foreign Affairs College in Beijing to debate policy - and the hawks are ascendant. Knowledgeable sources describe the discussions as the beginnings of a major turning point that will affect the remaining years of President Jiang Zemin's rule, probably that of his successor and possibly even further into the future. The Chinese are also looking at relations with Russia after President Boris Yeltsin, who they see as a buffoon in the West's pocket. From Beijing, the rise in Russian nationalism looks more detrimental to the West than to China.