This bridge connects Dandong, China and Sinuiju, North Korea. According to News.com.au, the bridge is a “vital lifeline for Pyongyang” and a “strategic purpose for a more powerful ally”. This is the Sino-Korean (China-North Korea) Friendship Bridge which crosses the Yalu River. It supplies around 90% of North Korea’s trade. However, experts reveal that Beijing’s reason to keep the relationship afloat is that it preferred to have an “embarrassing” Communist neighbor than to be aligned with the West.
