http://freekorea.us/2008/03/16/chinese-academic-accept-north-korea-as-a-nuclear-power/ Wed, 23 May 2012 01:27:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://freekorea.us/2008/03/16/chinese-academic-accept-north-korea-as-a-nuclear-power/comment-page-1/#comment-57087 OneFreeKorea » I Know a Dead Parrot When I See One Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:02:26 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2008/03/16/chinese-academic-accept-north-korea-as-a-nuclear-power/#comment-57087 [...] (Contrast this with the words of one leading Chinese academic, written just days before North Korea’s nuclear test, saying that China has no interest in pressuring the North and besides, the North is a useful diverts U.S. power and influence away from Taiwan.  Read it and decide for yourself, but it sure looks like China green-lighted the test.) [...] [...] (Contrast this with the words of one leading Chinese academic, written just days before North Korea’s nuclear test, saying that China has no interest in pressuring the North and besides, the North is a useful diverts U.S. power and influence away from Taiwan.  Read it and decide for yourself, but it sure looks like China green-lighted the test.) [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2008/03/16/chinese-academic-accept-north-korea-as-a-nuclear-power/comment-page-1/#comment-57030 OneFreeKorea » 2008 » March » 20 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:03:50 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2008/03/16/chinese-academic-accept-north-korea-as-a-nuclear-power/#comment-57030 [...] The Post and Andrei Lankov suggest that China is punishing North Korea for testing a nuclear weapons.  I disagree.  As the Post notes, China modestly increased aid in 2007.  China may not like the fact that North Korea’s nuclear test is incentivizing Japan’s rearmament, but China also sees a nuclear North Korea as a useful distraction for U.S. power in a zero-sum competition with America. [...] [...] The Post and Andrei Lankov suggest that China is punishing North Korea for testing a nuclear weapons.  I disagree.  As the Post notes, China modestly increased aid in 2007.  China may not like the fact that North Korea’s nuclear test is incentivizing Japan’s rearmament, but China also sees a nuclear North Korea as a useful distraction for U.S. power in a zero-sum competition with America. [...]

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