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2017-11-10 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by 3dc 2017-11-10 05:38|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 Does anyone think we have the market cornered on stabbing ppl in the back?

Posted by Chris 2017-11-10 07:48|| 2017-11-10 07:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Personally I think Trump probably worked out the timing on this with South Korea.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-11-10 11:34|| 2017-11-10 11:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Personally I think Trump probably worked out the timing on this with South Korea.

I wouldn't be surprised. A carrot for China as inducement for dealing with the Pudge Problem.

As for 3) no creation of a ROK-US-Japan trilateral military alliance , that wasn't going to happen, at least not formally.
Not a lot of love for Japan in China OR SKor for some historical reasons.

Posted by SteveS 2017-11-10 13:30|| 2017-11-10 13:30|| Front Page Top

#4 It's eyewash for public consumption. When push comes to shove, i.e. if China invades North Korea, does anyone really think the ROK's are gonna avoid shooting down Chinese missiles? The Chinese aren't exactly known for abiding by these types of agreements, so they shouldn't be surprised when the ROK's find a reason to shirk.

Commentary on the region is filled with absurdities. Take the BS about China being concerned about NK refugees. It isn't.

For one thing, China has 1.3b people. It can easily absorb the entire NK population, which amounts to 2% of its population. Jordan has already absorbed 600K refugees amounting to 7% of its population and it has 2/3 China's GDP per capita. I suspect it's probably also clear that the Chinese government is much better organized than King Abdullah's band of Bedouins.

But the real clincher is the fact that, like West Germany in the late 80's, South Korea is prepared to take every single one of those refugees. It's China that's refusing to hand them over. So what's China really afraid of? The collapse of Li'l Kim's regime, which is nothing but a Chinese protectorate by another name.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2017-11-10 14:31|| 2017-11-10 14:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Not a lot of love for Japan in China OR SKor for some historical reasons.

South Korea and Belgium, a highway between two big historical warring powers. Something like "when whales fight, shrimps' backs are broken".

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-11-10 17:32|| 2017-11-10 17:32|| Front Page Top

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