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China-Japan-Koreas
China Cancels N. Korea Talks Ceremony
2004-06-25
EFNews - see also NK threat to test a nuke post
Early Friday, China canceled a scheduled closing ceremony for the talks. A Chinese government spokesman gave no reason. "The meeting will end, but there will be no closing ceremony," said a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry office. He would give only his surname, Wang. The United States has been insisting on complete disarmament by the communist state and submitted a proposal to the conference on Wednesday outlining the benefits North Korea could receive if it complies. The senior administration official said the North Korean threat suggested that the Beijing discussions were headed toward failure.

Kim must not have gotten the Chinese memo. Time to reign in their attack poodle
Posted by:Frank G

#8  'Detënte' is the only way to go short of total engagement. MAD (Mutual Assured Destruction) will force the Norks to back down to a more conventional "in your face" confrontation; but at that point, it's a***oles & elbows anyway!
Posted by: smn   2004-06-25 11:37:48 PM  

#7  The time has come to actively encourage South Korean and Japanese and Taiwanese nuclear arms development ...
Posted by: A Jackson   2004-06-25 11:33:07 PM  

#6  The time has come to actively encourage South Korean and Japanese nuclear arms development.

Hell, give 'em some of our older warheads for cheap. Two birds can be killed with one stone that way; they get weapons to counter Kimmie's, and we in effect "reduce" the number of nukes in our inventory.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-06-25 5:12:47 PM  

#5  God damn, Frank that was uncalled for.
Funny, but uncalled for.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-06-25 3:56:53 PM  

#4  Early Friday, China canceled a scheduled closing ceremony for the talks.

I think you're all missing the point here. The "closing ceremony" talks are being cancelled because China readily anticipates these negotiations as being endless. How do you have a "closing ceremony" for interminable stalling?

The time has come to actively encourage South Korean and Japanese nuclear arms development. China should be made to face the dangerous and realistic consequences of proliferating nuclear technology in their neighborhood. They've been crapping on their own doorstep for far too long.
Posted by: Zenster   2004-06-25 3:52:55 PM  

#3  only the starving peasants who want that fresh bark
Posted by: Frank G   2004-06-25 12:41:01 PM  

#2  If a Nork mime was hit and killed by a falling tree in the woods, and nobody heard it, would anyone care?
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-06-25 12:30:49 PM  

#1  The Chinese have stipulated that the North Koreans, to avoid further embarassing statements, will be represented at all future talks by mimes.
Posted by: RWV   2004-06-25 12:05:56 PM  

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