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2020-07-08 China-Japan-Koreas

China, North Korea trade declining as food, fuel prices rise

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Posted by Fred 2020-07-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Commies

#1 Communist China's budget getting too strained to give their puppet free stuff? (Remember when the Berlin Wall fell and Russia cut off the generous subsidies they were giving Cuba?...same thing.)

Or has the North Korean leadership annoyed them and needs to be taught to obey their Chinese masters? Both?

Posted by magpie 2020-07-08 02:46|| 2020-07-08 02:46|| Front Page Top

#2 With China pushing troops and ships to re-establish the Heavenly Kingdom, be it noted that at one time what we call North Korea was also under direct rule of China. The southern part was classified as vassal, sending the appropriate gifts and tokens of recognition. Between dynasties, the arrangement and borders tended to vary.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-07-08 07:33|| 2020-07-08 07:33|| Front Page Top

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