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2008-01-25 China-Japan-Koreas

NORK on slippery slope to becoming a Chinese satellite state

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Posted by Alaska Paul 2008-01-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 TOPIX [various] > NORTH KOREA WILL/MAY KEEP NUCLEAR ARMS.

As said before, ironically for the freedom + sovereignty of the NK people as well as for Regional-International free trade, dev including to CHINA's advantage, THE USA MIGHT WANT NORTH KOREA TO HAVE NUKE WEAPONS???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-01-25 01:18|| 2008-01-25 01:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Foreign goods sold in what passes as North Korean markets are predominantly made in China. China Airlines is making three flights a week between Beijing and Pyongyang, and Beijing is actively seeking to invest in the large Musan coal mines and other mines in North Korea.

In that case, the US passed into satellitehood about a decade ago.

Posted by ed 2008-01-25 06:17|| 2008-01-25 06:17|| Front Page Top

#3 The devil is in the details. If Nork became a satellite state with a puppet government that obeyed Beijing, yet wasn't as psychotically evil as the one they have now, and the Chinese weren't trying to repopulate the North with Han Chinese, it would probably be acceptable.

Optimally, the Chinese would go liberal, and prefer a friendly, united Korea as a close friend and huge trading partner. In that way, the Chinese would make a fortune, not have an influx of Koreans into China, have an economic boom in their southwest, and quite possibly get the US out of the peninsula entirely.

Granted, it would be nice if we could still have the naval base at Pusan.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-01-25 08:47|| 2008-01-25 08:47|| Front Page Top

#4 "China Airlines is making three flights a week." Do they get their planes back?? In one piece?

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-01-25 12:05|| 2008-01-25 12:05|| Front Page Top

#5 China Airlines is making three flights a week between Beijing and Pyongyang

Da plane! Da plane!

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-01-25 12:29|| 2008-01-25 12:29|| Front Page Top

#6 China Airlines is making three flights a week between Beijing and Pyongyang

Definately not the Berlin Airlift, so why bother?
Rich fleeing?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2008-01-25 13:18|| 2008-01-25 13:18|| Front Page Top

#7 What, like they're not now? Why do ya think we haven't whacked the nasty little bastards yet?

Posted by Ebbomolet Trotsky1353 2008-01-25 15:06|| 2008-01-25 15:06|| Front Page Top

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