John Delury is an American East Asia scholar, with special interests in the history of China, U.S.-China relations and Korean peninsula affairs.

China's challenge now is to reconcile its current success to its past sufferings, and relieve their historical sense of inferiority.

A prominent example is "harmonious society" (Chinese: 和谐社会; pinyin: héxié shèhuì), used as a socioeconomic vision in China and to deflect the problems of social inequality.

Without this knowledge it is unlikely for American officials to understand and realistically deal with North Korea's nuclear weapons program, a highly complex problem with a lot of variation over time.

[10]It takes years to understand that history and you can't read in a book even if you had time, you have to meet the people.Delury has several significant disagreements with President Trump's North Korea policy.

[12] He has a more conciliatory approach, suggesting that the best chance for them to give up its nuclear weapons is by helping North Korean economic development.

[13] As a deeply isolated autarkic society, he feels North Koreans "will eat grass" before succumbing to sanctions.

[2] Talk of a preventive war had become part of the mainstream debate before the recent thaw in U.S.-North Korea relations; Delury feels that this should not be an option.