A GROUP of independent Chinese intellectuals and academics has signed an open letter asking the government to halt aid to North Korea and help bring about regime change in the Stalinist state.

• 一群中国的独立知识分子和学者联署了一份公开信，他们要求政府停止对北朝鲜的援助，引发这个斯大林主义国度的制度变革。