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**uaodnabnjz** · 05-30-2010, 04:04 PM

The fact that China is finally behaving ambivalently toward the DPRK has to be a good sign. No one (except maybe Binky :-)) wants a war with North Korea, but that is not really the problem here: the regime has been teetering near collapse since the mid-90s and, in its desperation to keep rising discontent among its populace in check, it has taken to increasingly dangerous and aggressive military policies and tactics. First the nukes, then the withdrawl from the armistice in May, 2009, and most recently in the sinking of the South Korean ship.

Seems bizarre, but Chinese diplomacy probably offers the best chance for a peaceful resolution.

China faces pressure to act over North Korea at summit

05-30-2010, 04:04 PM	#30
uaodnabnjz Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 464 Senior Member	The fact that China is finally behaving ambivalently toward the DPRK has to be a good sign. No one (except maybe Binky :-)) wants a war with North Korea, but that is not really the problem here: the regime has been teetering near collapse since the mid-90s and, in its desperation to keep rising discontent among its populace in check, it has taken to increasingly dangerous and aggressive military policies and tactics. First the nukes, then the withdrawl from the armistice in May, 2009, and most recently in the sinking of the South Korean ship. Seems bizarre, but Chinese diplomacy probably offers the best chance for a peaceful resolution. China faces pressure to act over North Korea at summit
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