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2009-06-26 China-Japan-Koreas

China Unwilling to Impose Sanctions on Norks

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Posted by Steve White 2009-06-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 "China thinks it necessary to find a solution to the North Korean nuclear issue through dialogue and peaceful means" How about "Stop now, and we won't kill you."

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-06-26 00:09|| 2009-06-26 00:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Chinese are taught they won the Korean War.

Posted by 3dc 2009-06-26 00:21|| 2009-06-26 00:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Chinese are taught they won the Korean War.

The Chinese did drive US forces back across the 38th parallel in 1950, but I doubt they Chinese would admit US subsequently then them to a standstill.

Posted by badanov 2009-06-26 00:41|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2009-06-26 00:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Okay China. F-you. How about a trade war and screw the Yuan?

Posted by newc">newc 2009-06-26 00:45|| 2009-06-26 00:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Of course, the Chicoms are 'unwilling'. What is in it for them? Any kind of Nork collapse causes refugee and economic problems for China. In the meantime, they are happy to see a steady stream of weapons flowing to Iran and Syria because it ties up the West on military and political fronts. Same with counterfeiting and drug smuggling.

Posted by SteveS 2009-06-26 16:06|| 2009-06-26 16:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Any kind of Nork collapse causes refugee and economic problems for China. I don't understand what kind of economic problems a NK collapse could cause China. Neither would China have any trouble turning a NK refugee problem into a large casualty count and organs for export. My best guess is China is using its lapdog NK to subvert the West in a plausibly deniable way.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-06-26 16:12|| 2009-06-26 16:12|| Front Page Top

#7 Say... how much money do we owe you guys again? Trillions, huh?

Wanna get paid?

Posted by mojo 2009-06-26 18:07|| 2009-06-26 18:07|| Front Page Top

#8 RE #6: I don't understand what kind of economic problems a NK collapse could cause China...

If NK collapses and China accepts a huge mass of refugees, it is East & West Germany after reunification all over again. The last thing China needs is another mass of unskilled starving people.

China has the means to take your large causualty count option but that is bad for both business and China's desire to be seen as acting like a grownup in international affairs.

Their best move right now, absent some dealmaking, is to keep NK up and running as a perpetual thorn in the side of the America.

Posted by SteveS 2009-06-26 18:53|| 2009-06-26 18:53|| Front Page Top

#9 And South Korea. And Japan. And to a lesser extent, most of the other Pacific Rim nations.

Posted by Pappy 2009-06-26 22:17|| 2009-06-26 22:17|| Front Page Top

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