03-10-2018, 10:51 AM
(03-10-2018, 02:53 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: > Strange things can happen. How stable is the hold of Kim Jong-Un
> on power? Could the People's Republic of China have put pressure
> on him to make some efforts to give up a nuclear program that
> poses real dangers to China?
One of the questions that keep coming up is -- whose side will Korea
be on? We can line up Japan, Philippines and Vietnam on the side of
the West, and Laos and Cambodia on China's side. But whose side will
Korea be on?
The hatred between the South Korean and Chinese people became apparent
during the whole THAAD situation, when the Chinese boycotted South
Korean goods, and shut down parts of South Korea's economy.
Despite the bluster, North Korea really has nothing against
America. The Korean War was really a proxy war between the US
and China. The North and South Korean people really have nothing
against each other, except among the elites in Pyongyang.
So Korea's only real enemy (besides Japan) is China.
So I believe you're right that the North Korea nuclear program really
poses a major danger to China. This also explains why China has so
little influence on North Korea, except through extortion.
(03-10-2018, 02:53 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: > A rumor has it that the South Koreans can break a captured agent
> in two days. The second day features a trip to a South Korean
> supermarket, which might be a banality to South Koreans but near
> paradise for North Koreans. I have seen the future, and it
> works. It is called South Korea.
I wasn't aware of the rumor you mention, though it makes sense. The
real question is whether the "Army of Beauties" were permitted to
see anything of South Korea except their own dorm rooms.