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2006-10-05 China-Japan-Koreas

China tells North Korea to step back from brink

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Posted by Fred 2006-10-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Will say again - the irony here is that the WOT may be the Norkies only hope of de facto breaking free from domination from Beijing. The people of both South KOrea + North Korea fought for the independence + sovereignty of KORYEA from BOTH ASIAN + EURO POWERS. The NorComs as a class had proclaimed to fight for the freedoms-rights of the KORYEAN PEOPLES only to delude/pretend that CHINA does NOT control them.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-10-05 00:11|| 2006-10-05 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Russia and China telling their little bastard to behave. Lol. Pure PR.

Posted by .com 2006-10-05 00:33|| 2006-10-05 00:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Real translation of Chinese communiqué to North Korea:

"Nudge, nudge. Wink, wink."

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-10-05 01:57|| 2006-10-05 01:57|| Front Page Top

#4 If they were serious, they wouldn't be blocking any SC actions.

When word and deed conflict, believe the action.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-10-05 02:05|| 2006-10-05 02:05|| Front Page Top

#5 The Chinese think they are big time strategic geniuses by putting out these moronically obvious public relations ploys. A child could figure out that they're being insincere.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-10-05 05:59|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-10-05 05:59|| Front Page Top

#6 What counts is what China is saying on the hot line. I can't imagine they are eager to risk Japan going nuke. And Abe seems the guy to do it. Bad brinksmanship.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-10-05 07:03|| 2006-10-05 07:03|| Front Page Top

#7 NS has it right. China doesnt want to see a nuclear Japan, and a nuke blast by Nkor increases the odds of that. I think the Chinese are serious this time.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-10-05 10:47|| 2006-10-05 10:47|| Front Page Top

#8 The Russians feel the same way about Japanese nukes, hence their reaction as well.

This all seems like too little too late,though.

Here we have a valuable lesson in not overestimating the cleverness of Chinese and Russian elites.

Posted by charger 2006-10-05 11:50|| 2006-10-05 11:50|| Front Page Top

#9 What counts is what China is saying on the hot line. I can't imagine they are eager to risk Japan going nuke. And Abe seems the guy to do it. Bad brinksmanship.

Word, NS. It's the old, "Be very careful what you wish for ..." scenario.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-10-05 16:10|| 2006-10-05 16:10|| Front Page Top

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