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| Beijing Is Violating North Korean Sanctions |
| 2009-10-18 |
| New business links fly in the face of a Security Council resolution. By Gordon G. Chang Kim Jong Il hugged Wen Jiabao on the Chinese premier's arrival in Pyongyang on October 4. Analysts were surprised at the time that the reclusive North Korean supremo made the trip to the tarmac to show his affection. Now we know why: Mr. Wen came to the North Korean capital less to mark 60 years of diplomatic ties with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea--the ostensible purpose of the trip--than to sign commercial pacts with it. By doing so, China undoubtedly violated United Nations Security Resolution 1874 by giving Kim the means to keep his nuclear arsenal in the face of intense international pressure. Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency, was sparse with details on the deals. It merely stated the two communist states "signed a series of agreements on cooperation and announced that a new highway bridge over the Yalu River will be built." But reports from South Korean newspapers indicate Beijing, as a part of a comprehensive package, also agreed to provide financial assistance to Kim's destitute state. Chinese grants to the North total at least $200 million. Never mind that U.N. Security Council Resolution 1874, unanimously adopted June 12, forbids many, if not most, commercial contacts with Kim's Korea. Paragraph 19 calls on U.N. member states "not to enter into new commitments for grants, financial assistance, or concessional loans to the DPRK, except for humanitarian and developmental purposes directly addressing the needs of the civilian population, or the promotion of denuclearization." Paragraph 20 calls on members "not to provide public financial support for trade with the DPRK . . . where such financial support could contribute to the DPRK's nuclear-related or ballistic missile-related or other WMD-related programs or activities." |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #9 Yum. I missed that side of you, .5MT. But I'm greedy like that. :-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-10-18 20:34 |
| #8 USN I'm mainly thinking of the steam plant. Running it likes it's used to would reaquire folks who've lived on it for years. Now, perhaps the Just me thoughts. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-10-18 19:56 |
| #7 I expect the IJN self-defense force to have it's own ideas on force projection - they has a history of some ability in dis area. To amplify somewhat what .5mt says, even people who understand military history in WWII fail to understand just how large a chunk of Asia the Imperial Japanese Army swallowed up during WWII. Or how great an impact Japanese imperialism still has to this day on modern diplomacy. The Chinese won't move to clamp down on the Norks because, frankly, the old man as a guerrilla fought the IJA during WWII. |
| Posted by: badanov 2009-10-18 19:15 |
| #6 .5MT- please provide bsis for the Shitty Kitty remark. old, yes. oilburner, yes. still afloat and dependable, yes. of the 11 CVs i served on, CVA-63 (at the time) was the best. and yeah i know that was a few years ago, but there had to be a reason why CV-66 was chosen as a target for deliberate sinking over one several years older. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2009-10-18 18:58 |
| #5 Hell OP that would get Our attention. :) Sadly I don't think 300 SM-3z exost (?) And I wouldn't saddle France with the Shitty Kittuah - I expect the |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-10-18 18:39 |
| #4 About the only thing that would get their attention is the Japanese going nuke and re-militarizing over North Korea. Not going to happen in their estimates. Three things that could REALLY get China's attention: the Japanese requesting to build 50 "Arleigh Burke"-class destroyers under license; Japan buying the USS Kitty Hawk and two wings of F/A-18s; and the US "giving" Japan 300 PAC-3 missiles - with no strings attached. Of course, neither our current government, nor the current government of Japan, would concede to such deals. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-10-18 18:15 |
| #3 I love it, Kimmie can't do squat about it and will be reduced to an infantile squalling and waving his tiny fists in the air. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-10-18 12:58 |
| #2 It's business. They actually do have trade with the Norks. Doing so, they also pay no consequences for doing so. So, what's the motivation for them to change? About the only thing that would get their attention is the Japanese going nuke and re-militarizing over North Korea. Not going to happen in their estimates. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-10-18 09:09 |
| #1 Well, I'm certain that I speak for everyone when I say that I amshocked! shocked! to find out about this!! |
| Posted by: Jumbo Slinerong5015 2009-10-18 00:30 |