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But the sanctions do not target China’s vital oil supplies to the North. And North Korea may find ways of mitigating their effects. It has been tapping new sources of cash, such as by sending more workers abroad to earn hard currency at logging camps in Russia and on construction sites in the Middle East—activities that are also not covered by the latest resolution. If the new sanctions deter some traders, others may fill the gap, especially Chinese middlemen attracted by high commissions for riskier dealings on behalf of North Korean state trading companies. North Korea has a thriving black market in everything from computers to fine cognac, oiled by corrupt Chinese customs officials along its 1,400km (870-mile) border with China. The sanctions regime is likely to increase that illegal trade, not crush it.
1 mitigate |ˈmɪtɪgeɪt| 减轻；缓和 2 middleman 中间商；经销商 3 cognac|ˈkɒnjæk| 科尼亚克白兰地酒 干邑（产于法国西部）4 tap 利用，开发，发掘 5 log 伐木 6 deter 制止；阻止；威慑；使不敢 7 riskier 比较级 8 thrivie 兴旺发达；繁荣；蓬勃发展；旺盛；茁壮成长 9 regime（机构、公司、经济等的）管理制度，组织方法
North Korean coal shipments, by their size, should be easier to track. Yet a large loophole remains that allows exports for “livelihood purposes”. Kim Byung-yeon of Seoul National University says certifying end-use would be wholly impractical. Proceeds from coal exports and most other trading activities typically remain in China in the form of credit. These are pools of ready cash for North Korean elites to draw on for their trade. And North Korea has proven adept at skirting sanctions by setting up front companies and shuffling ownership—shifting control of a trading company from a blacklisted government agency to one that is not, for example.
1 loophole (法律、合同等的）漏洞，空子2 proceed [prəˈsi:d] 收入，收益 3 livelihood |ˈlaɪvlihʊd| 生计4 adept |əˈdept| 内行的；熟练的；擅长的5 shuffle 洗牌 把（纸张等）变换位置，打乱次序 6skirt verb位于…的边缘;位于…的外围;围绕 上层集团；7elite（统称）掌权人物，社会精英
Recent reports by a UN panel have found that North Korea routinely renames firms hit by sanctions and registers its cargo ships under foreign flags (among them, Cambodia, Kiribati and Sierra Leone). States that neglect to enforce sanctions are not penalised. Since the previous resolution in 2013, more than 150 of the UN’s 193 member states have failed to submit required reports on their implementation of those sanctions; last year, four of them were members of the Security Council.
1 panel 专家咨询组；（广播、电视上的）讨论小组 2 cargo 货物
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