China supported sanctions on North Korea’s nuclear program. It’s also behind their failure

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese middlemen launder the proceeds of North Korean hackers' cyber heists while Chinese ships deliver sanctioned North Korean goods to Chinese ports. Chinese companies help North Koreans workers — from cheap laborers to well-paid IT specialists — find work abroad. A Beijing art gallery even boasts of North Korean artists working 12-hour days in its heavily surveilled compound, churning out paintings of idyllic visions of life under communism that each sell for thousands of dollars. That's all part of what international authorities say is a growing mountain of evidence that shows Beijing is helping cash-strapped North Korea…