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2009-01-14 China-Japan-Koreas

Tokyo governor says NKorea best taken over by China

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Posted by 3dc 2009-01-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Well, if the leadership in Beijing argues a historical justification for 'owning' Taiwan, then the same precedent applies for the area known as North Korea. However, I think those in Beijing are about as interested in annexing North Korea as America would be interested in annexing Mexico. The return on investment isn't there.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-01-14 08:44|| 2009-01-14 08:44|| Front Page Top

#2 SKors might romanticize about 'reunification, but when it comes time to finance the awesome task of bringing the north up to 21st century standards, they'll think again.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2009-01-14 10:12|| 2009-01-14 10:12|| Front Page Top

#3 At this point, any new management would be an improvement.

Posted by Mike 2009-01-14 10:19|| 2009-01-14 10:19|| Front Page Top

#4 You mean like Somalia? Gee, pirates on the Yellow Sea again. We'll hold this shipment of rubber ducks till you fork over a six month supply of tree bark!

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-01-14 11:46|| 2009-01-14 11:46|| Front Page Top

#5 If the North collapses the best thing South Korea could do is set up a puppet government that would tr to bring North Korea up. A puppet government that allowed South Korean investment but didn't require handouts. A puppet government that wouldn't threaten the South or China and that would sell or remove its nuclear weapons. A puppet government with laws modeled upon pre-1997 Hong Kong which had nothing but rock and hard working people and made itself wealthy.

Unification can come later. A decade or two.

Posted by rjschwarz 2009-01-14 13:03|| 2009-01-14 13:03|| Front Page Top

#6 CHINA has made it clear that the INTER-KOREAN DMZ is as far as it will allow any outside Nation or Coalition to have influence in NOKOR after a collapse. CHINA PREFERS TO UNILATER CONTROL NOKOR, OR IN THE ALTERN WILL DEMAND LEADERSHIP + MAJORITY/DOMIN AUTHORITY IN ANY POST-COLLAPSE MULTI-NATION RULING COALITION [ UNO-approved].
CHINA HAS MADE IT CLEAR IT WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY ANTI-CHIN REGIME IN PYONGYANG, AND IS PREPARED TO USE MIL FORCE TO BACK ITS INTERESTS EVEN IFF IT MEANS REGIONAL NUCLEAR WAR.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-01-14 19:24|| 2009-01-14 19:24|| Front Page Top

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