[Avenger]

One gets the feeling that China is really playing the North Korea nuke thing to its benefit. I don't really see them wanting to achieve a full solution to the problem as this will take away one of their bargining chips. The U.S. on the other hand found that Taiwan was very close to developing a nuke some years ago and forced them to dismantle their program. In retrospect perhaps that was a mistake?

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #2

Taiwan can "threaten to restart" their nuke bomb research any time.:) America only needs to conveniently look the other way, along with winks and nods.