Abstract
This paper examines Chinese’ conceptions on North Korean society by analyzing experiences and travelogues of Chinese tourists to North Korea. The most common foreign tourist groups to North Korea are Chinese because China has the most exchange with North Korea. Through the tourist view of Chinese, we can obtain a better, although indirect, understanding of North Korean society. Their views express a variety of Chinese conceptions on North Korea, such as CCP-DPRK friendship, nostalgia for the Cultural Revolution, interests in a pollution-free clean country, curiosity about a mysterious country, etc. Such views reflect on Chinese society and nostalgia for their socialist past. However, such tourism is also advantageous for North Korean propaganda both internally and externally, and raises the issue of ethical dilemma.
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