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| China-Japan-Koreas |
| China announces NKOR agrees to de-nuclearize |
| 2018-03-28 |
| [CNBC] China said on Wednesday it won a pledge from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to denuclearize the Korean peninsula during a meeting with President Xi Jinping, who pledged in return that China would uphold its friendship with its isolated neighbor. After two days of speculation, China announced on Wednesday that Kim had visited Beijing and met Xi during what the official Xinhua news agency called an unofficial visit from Sunday to Wednesday. [I love the 'official news agency called an unofficial visit' part] The trip was Kim's first known journey abroad since he assumed power in 2011 and is believed by analysts to serve as preparation for upcoming summits with South Korea and the United States. [although this just confirms what SKOR officials saida month ago, it is still a big deal because of China's status] |
| Posted by:lord garth |
| #9 China will try to leverage this. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-03-28 19:15 |
| #8 Having read Scott Adams and applied my own 50 yrs of experiences I truly think that Trump is playing a very nuanced, sophisticated game with the whole F'n world. Don't listen to what he says; watch what he does AND what his adversary/target do and say. This just strikes me as a very high level negotiating strategy. Whether it all works or not is TBD but it ain't random either. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-03-28 19:08 |
| #7 The check is in the mail. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2018-03-28 18:14 |
| #6 Until the next Democratic president at least. I hear that Madeleine Albright is available. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2018-03-28 17:36 |
| #5 I'm also thinking second order effect, that China really, really doesn't want Japan building IRBM's. And then selling them to everybody in the neighborhood. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2018-03-28 15:39 |
| #4 Another trade war victory? Not yet methinks. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-03-28 14:32 |
| #3 My take as well Ed. Going back to HQ to get the party line prior to the POTUS visit. I am neither encouraged or surprised. Might want to keep Air Force-1 pilots and crew restricted to Flight Operations. Could be a quick turnaround. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-03-28 13:10 |
| #2 Hey, any deal with the Norks would have hinged on China's willingness to enforce it. Sounds like Kim was gonna fold anyway, and decided to give the credit to Xi rather than have Trump claim it. The bottom line is whatever works. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2018-03-28 12:46 |
| #1 Do not trust, but verify |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-03-28 12:38 |