Editor's Note:

The Global Times recently published a series of articles by experts on the Sino-North Korean ties in flux, which has received active responses. Setting aside these views, we'd like to explore the two countries' relations from the grass-roots perspectives. What does North Korea look like in the eyes of different generations of Chinese people? What changes have there been in the two countries' relations in their eyes? The Global Times invited three Chinese people to contribute their thoughts.

Chinese youth see Pyongyang with pity

North Korea can just be a trading partner

Allies in war must remain allies in peace