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| China will not accept N. Korea as 'nuclear-armed state' | |
| 2013-05-05 | |
SEOUL, May 3 -- China's chief nuclear envoy has told his South Korean counterpart that Beijing will not accept North Korea as a "nuclear-armed state,"
The Chinese envoy Wu Dawei made the remarks when he held talks on Thursday in Beijing with his Seoul counterpart Lim Sung-nam, said the official at Seoul's foreign ministry who is familiar with the Lim-Wu talks. The remarks come amid signs that recent tensions might hurt ties between Beijing and Pyongyang, highlighting China's waning tolerance for its neighbor's provocations. "During the talks, Wu made it clear that China will not accept North Korea as a nuclear-armed state," said the official. "With regard to the issue, I think that we, the U.S. and China have shared a united stance," the official said, adding he "sensed" a growing impatience by China with North Korea's increasing saber-rattling, particularly after the North's December rocket launch and its third nuclear test in February. The official said Chinese officials have shown a "significant difference" in their attitude toward North Korea's provocations during the Beijing talks. Wu's comments also echoed remarks made by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry when he visited Beijing and Seoul last month and told reporters in Seoul that, "The United States will not accept the DPRK (North Korea) as a nuclear state." The Seoul official also confirmed some media reports that China has ordered its provincial government to strictly implement the latest U.N. sanctions that punished the North for conducting the third nuclear test. "I think that China has been increasingly disappointed by the North's provocations, including the December rocket launch and the third nuclear test," the official said. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 [MIGHTY HOMER SIMPSONIAN "DOH"! here]. Perhaps as best illustrated by Pudgy's "AUNTIE/ UNCLE DEAREST", whom by most accounts do China's will, CHINA ALREADY CONTROLS THE DPRK MILITARY + ROCKET FORCES = STATE POWER CENTRES/LOCII, NOT KJU = PUDGY. Pudgy's job is to smile for the Diplomats + Media cameras, + pretend the DPRK military, etc. will actually obey + follow him into battle widout China's orders. DPRK = Cold War Soviet Eastern Europe/WARSAW PACT = are allowed certain/select local autonomies which they can do on their own, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO DO WIDOUT BEIJING'S OR MOSCOW'S KNOWLEDGE + CONTROL. Strategic + Tactical Nuclear-Conventional Forces is one of the things local Govts are nevar! allowed "sole" local control. Lest we fergit, PERTS, MSM-NET > THE COLD WAR NEVER ENDED WID NORTH KOREA. Unfortunately, as wid the now-former Warsaw Pact nations, the US-NATO/Allies still have to "go through the motions" + pretend Beijing + Moscow don't have the high or prohibitive levels of local control we know they do, + act accordingly. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-05-05 20:35 |
| #4 The Norks will be a nuclear armed state, but the ChiComs will not accept it. Nice little semantic throw away line. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2013-05-05 12:29 |
| #3 "does that include the South China Sea?" Of course not. Silly Steve. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-05-05 11:52 |
| #2 I'm gonna go with standard magician's patter to distract the rubes while the act continues apace. As for "No one should be allowed to put a region and even the entire world into chaos for selfish gains.", does that include the South China Sea? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-05-05 11:48 |
| #1 China is putting a shorter leash on a rabid dog which will likely bite them. |
| Posted by: Mad Eye the Tiny7504 2013-05-05 08:08 |