China Suspends North Korea Exchanges, Yonhap Reports – Bloomberg: China suspended government exchanges with North Korea after Kim Jong-Il’s regime last week tested a nuclear device and fired short-range missiles, Yonhap News said.
China has halted plans to send officials to North Korea and won’t accept visits from Kim’s government either, the Korean- language news agency said today, citing unidentified diplomatic sources in Beijing.
China’s foreign ministry has said the country “resolutely opposes” North Korea’s nuclear test.
This is not about the Chinese worrying that North Korea may point its nukes at big brother. Far from it.
The main thing China worries about most with its little brother, is that North Korea does something to provoke U.S. Military action. The last thing China wants is a unified Korea (a likely and possible scenario should the U.S. military get mobilized).
China has no desire to have a democracy in their backyard. They’re already having enough problems keeping their own people contained within their great firewall.
Having a democratic Korea in their backyard will create all sorts of problems with brainwashing the Chinese citizenry. China will do whatever is needed to keep North Korea in check so as to maintain two Koreas.
Anyone who takes China at face value on this is only kidding themselves.
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I just got back from Xiamen. I couldn’t stand it anymore after seeing a little girl grabbing hold of everyone’s shirt or dress and asking them to buy flowers…at 11pm in the middle of the night. There were tons of people around, cops too, and no one give a rats as*. I lost it to my colleague but finally regain my composer after thinking I wouldn’t be able to do anything as well.
Next morning I went searching around for any place that could do something but could not find any assistance. I ended up at a law firm and spoke to a nice lawyer. I explained to him the situation but he just repeated what I have expected already. NOTHING could be done about this to stop it. This is because it’s a crime ring. You stop one but the process doesn’t stop. Police are bribed, are part of it and will most likely put YOU in jail for bringing it up.
The lawyer was the person that told me about the cases he had around China. Seriously, there crime groups that kidnap kids (< 10 years old), cut off their arms and/or legs, throw them out in the street to beg for money so they could get to eat.
Police in China is a sham. How can anyone think they are even doing the “right” things. How can the person think they are doing the “right” thing even. I mean, sure you do what you can and you give citations to a vehicle that is parked wrong but you do nothing about the little kid that’s beside you begging you for money?
What was most surprising to me was the shock and surprise the lawyer had when I told him US doesn’t really tolerate child abuse and things like this will immediately get reported to the authorities and something would be done. Not that child abuse doesn’t happen here but if known it’ll be stopped.
Sigh,
Please. They’re not going to nuke anybody. That would be the end of North Korea as we know it. They may be crazy, but they’re not stupid.
# 23 David said, “They may be crazy, but they’re not stupid.”
Yes, I can’t think of one crazy dictator that has started a war that was sure to end their country as they knew it… LOL
#22 TheOne.
You nailed the Police right on the head. Yea, the cops are on the take, and not only is this well known, it’s understood that the guy with the most money makes the rules.
I think it’s the tradition of kowtowing to authority. Authority in China was always the guy who could push you around no matter which government was involved. This tradition predates the emperors.
Not to mention Xiamen is fairly far south, and out of sight of Beijing, which certainly doesn’t help.
#15 China took Tibet for several reasons : mineral wealth, a border with India and a launching platform across Europe. It a very important strategic asset.
One can only hope someome soon blows off an above ground nuke and films it in HD.
#24 Bush?