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| U.S., China Discussed N.Korea Contingencies in 2009 | |
| 2014-01-14 | |
| Washington and Beijing in 2009 discussed contingencies in North Korea, which was then looking unstable after leader Kim Jong-il suffered a debilitating stroke. The disclosure comes in a recent report titled "China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles" by the U.S. Congressional Research Service. "When asked on Oct. 4, 2009 whether the United States and China discussed contingencies in North Korea, (then) Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell acknowledged talks about 'every' aspect," the report says. The report does not say when and where Campbell made the remarks. The two countries have held various talks about the North Korean nuclear issue but kept discussions about possible regime collapse and other contingencies under wraps due to China's special relations with the regime. The report concludes the U.S. and China have sharply different interests in case of a sudden change in the North. "Indeed, China seemed to have shifted from pressuring North Korea with the military relationship to propping up the regime's security and survival," it says. "Beijing would not accept an implosion in Pyongyang or watch passively if other countries gain political and military control in North Korea."
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 America, "Control your Dog, or we'll shoot it". China, " Aren't the flowers pretty?" What Flowers? Makes no sense, yes? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2014-01-14 08:29 |
| #1 "South Koreans ... [don't] want control of the North" > Sorry, but I have to disagree. IMO the SOKORS don't want a Chinese takeover of the North anymore than NOKOR or other NE Asia powers do, nor to pay the anticpated massive or excessive econ costs of formal reunification - OTOH, this is NOT to say that they won't accept the status quo "as is" as opposed to preventing a major Regional andor International war breaking out on the Peninsula. The longer Bejing's reunification wid TAIWAN fails to occur, the more the SOKORS will not believe the status quo on the Peninsula or NE Asia will change. Beijing is highly unlikely to agree to any sort of inter-Korean Reunification as long as it fails to have control of Taiwan + other disputed islands, TAIWAN = "MAHANIST" CHINA'S OFFSHORE EQUIVALENT OF "PEARL HARBOR/HAWAIIAN ISLANDS" FOR PLA-LED STRATEGIC ACCESS INTO FAR PACIFIC = EASTPAC. THESE ABOVE IS NOW DE FACTO CHANGING AS BEIJING IS AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING ITS "POST-US" MANIFEST DESTINY AMAP ASAP ALAP INTO WESTPAC + BEYOND. CHINA DESIRES TO CHANGE THE STATUS QUO, PREFERABLY/IDEALLY PEACEFULLY OR DIPLOMATICALLY BUT ALSO MILITARILY OR FORCIBLY IFF NECESSARY, + IN BOTH THE ECS + SCS, ETC. The proverbial clock is ticking as China continues to unilater escalate ... * WORLD NEWS > [Zee News] CHINA WARNS OF "FIRM RESPONSE" IFF JAPAN ATTACKS ITS SHIPS. * SAME > [Asahi News/Shimbun] CHINA OVERTURNED [original] DRAFT AIR DEFENCE ZONE, [substantially] EXPANDING IT TOWARDS JAPAN, to near the size of China's claimed offshore EEZ. Also from ASAHI NEWS/SHIMBUN = ABE TO PROCEED WID PUSH [Constitutional amendment(s)]TO ALLOW JAPAN TO EXERCISE COLLECTIVE SELF-DEFENSE. FYI ASAHI BLOGGERS-POSTERS = opine that China covertly? wants or desires a BATTLE = MIL COFLICT agz Japan; Japan must not only prepare itself for such a scenario but also to dev its own NUCLEAR WEAPONS to deter Beijing. * CHINESE MILITARY FORUM BLOGGER > [Thread] WRONG POLICIES IN ASIA TO RESULT IN THE FINAL DEMISE OF THE UNITED STATES!? * WORLD MILITARY FORUM > US EXPERTS: US-SPECIFIC NEUTRALITY AT SEA NOT GUARANTEED OR ASSURED IN SINO-JAPANESE CONFLICT. * SAME > RUSSIA WARNS US-CHINA-JAPAN MILITARY CONFLCIT "JUST WEEKS AWAY" DUE TO ON-GOING INTERNAL POWER STRUGGLES OR FACTIONALISM WIDIN THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY [CCP]. * GLOBAL TIMES > OP-ED: US RELUCTANT TO BACK UP A INCREASINGLY TRUCCULENT JAPAN. Ditto as per the Philippines? ASEAN? India? Other? ARTIC = US Milbase on Okinawa becom increasingly insignificant or untenable for the US, USDOD due to changes in geopolitical calculus. Lest we fergit, Shinzo Abe wants Japan's Constitution to be amended by 2020 - also, Year 2018 = the rough benchmark year where the US hopes to have GMD-TMD emplaced amongst it various East Asian allies. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-01-14 01:46 |