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**22CreessGah** · 05-13-2010, 01:20 AM

Very good reminders. Somehow you just feel that China may like it this way also. Probably the last thing they want is a
democracy on their border.

The Chinese, I suspect, are of two minds. They fought an extremely expensive war to keep Korea from being unified in 1952 and '53, and they have invested a lot of money and political capital in maintaining the status quo ever since. At the same time, I suspect they are tiring of North Korea's dangerous antics, particularly as the Chinese government and society transitions away from Maoist ideology to more of an authoritarian capitalism - the Chinese would dearly over access to the thriving Korean economy. That is why, it seems, they have been surprisingly quiet to have the U.S.S. George Washington prowling around in striking distance of China - this time last year, they howled with outrage when we even floated the idea of allowing the Washington to visit the area on an entirely peaceful mission. But now they may realize the utility of allowing the U.S. to do the saber-rattling dirty work. By simply sitting by quietly, they get the benefit of watching someone powerful threaten the North Koreans without having to go through the political humliation of doing it themselves.

05-13-2010, 01:20 AM	#7
22CreessGah Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 447 Senior Member	Very good reminders. Somehow you just feel that China may like it this way also. Probably the last thing they want is a democracy on their border. The Chinese, I suspect, are of two minds. They fought an extremely expensive war to keep Korea from being unified in 1952 and '53, and they have invested a lot of money and political capital in maintaining the status quo ever since. At the same time, I suspect they are tiring of North Korea's dangerous antics, particularly as the Chinese government and society transitions away from Maoist ideology to more of an authoritarian capitalism - the Chinese would dearly over access to the thriving Korean economy. That is why, it seems, they have been surprisingly quiet to have the U.S.S. George Washington prowling around in striking distance of China - this time last year, they howled with outrage when we even floated the idea of allowing the Washington to visit the area on an entirely peaceful mission. But now they may realize the utility of allowing the U.S. to do the saber-rattling dirty work. By simply sitting by quietly, they get the benefit of watching someone powerful threaten the North Koreans without having to go through the political humliation of doing it themselves.
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