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| Tokyo governor says NKorea best taken over by China |
| 2009-01-14 |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #6 CHINA has made it clear that the INTER-KOREAN DMZ is as far as it will allow any outside Nation or Coalition to have influence in NOKOR after a collapse. CHINA PREFERS TO UNILATER CONTROL NOKOR, OR IN THE ALTERN WILL DEMAND LEADERSHIP + MAJORITY/DOMIN AUTHORITY IN ANY POST-COLLAPSE MULTI-NATION RULING COALITION [ UNO-approved]. CHINA HAS MADE IT CLEAR IT WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY ANTI-CHIN REGIME IN PYONGYANG, AND IS PREPARED TO USE MIL FORCE TO BACK ITS INTERESTS EVEN IFF IT MEANS REGIONAL NUCLEAR WAR. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-01-14 19:24 |
| #5 If the North collapses the best thing South Korea could do is set up a puppet government that would tr to bring North Korea up. A puppet government that allowed South Korean investment but didn't require handouts. A puppet government that wouldn't threaten the South or China and that would sell or remove its nuclear weapons. A puppet government with laws modeled upon pre-1997 Hong Kong which had nothing but rock and hard working people and made itself wealthy. Unification can come later. A decade or two. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2009-01-14 13:03 |
| #4 You mean like Somalia? Gee, pirates on the Yellow Sea again. We'll hold this shipment of rubber ducks till you fork over a six month supply of tree bark! |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-01-14 11:46 |
| #3 At this point, any new management would be an improvement. |
| Posted by: Mike 2009-01-14 10:19 |
| #2 SKors might romanticize about 'reunification, but when it comes time to finance the awesome task of bringing the north up to 21st century standards, they'll think again. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2009-01-14 10:12 |
| #1 Well, if the leadership in Beijing argues a historical justification for 'owning' Taiwan, then the same precedent applies for the area known as North Korea. However, I think those in Beijing are about as interested in annexing North Korea as America would be interested in annexing Mexico. The return on investment isn't there. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-01-14 08:44 |