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This paper explores how China has tried to reconcile its key objectives and major national interests on the Korean Peninsula. On the basis of a closer exploration of security dynamics in the region, the paper examines ways to optimize China’s policy on a nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula. It argues that China's relations with the Peninsula have to some extent strained its strategic options as well as its relations with major stakeholders in the North East Asia region. It concludes that communication is essential in avoiding miscalculations and, ultimately, nuclear crisis.