[nw_arizona_granny]

Is it possible that China would invade N. Korea?

Is there anything of value near where all the troops are?

[DB]

A nuclear armed N. Korea is a threat to all its neighbors including Japan. If China doesn't do something fairly soon, China is going to find all its neighbors have also armed themselves with nuclear weapons. Some of those neighbors are not friendly to China. That is not in China's longterm interests.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #8

Well, there are many secret underground military installations. This could also be an economically valuable area for Chinese because it would give Eastern Manchuria a direct access to sea. Currently, anything produced in Eastern Manchuria has to be transported by thousands of kilometers to the West to be loaded on ships.

[oldironsides]

America invaded Iraq. North Korea is next door to China and the North Koreans have been spilling over the border looking for food. I would not doubt that China would walk into N. Korea. It would be brown pants time for the south. The world may even cheer an invasion of North Korea. How sane is the leader of North Korea? Does China worry about being nuked by a crazy man?

[Prophet in the wilderness]

I a agree with you on that, what better time then now, to take a advantage of the situation in Iraq, our troops in other places in th world.
China is watching our election, and they see that our nation is being weakened by the ( LEFT / LIBS / ANTI - WAR Group ).
The Chinses saw what happened to our country during the 2000 election, and they see that this time might be even a worse situation than in the election in 2000.
What better time now, to invade Korea.

[NJ_gent]

"Is it possible that China would invade N. Korea? Is there anything of value near where all the troops are?"

Yes. China taking North Korea would allow it to showcase its military power, would strengthen its position with Taiwan, would get American troops off the Korean penninsula and away from China's doorstep, would cause other nations in the region to gravitate towards China as a regional leader/protector, and would remove multiple potential nuclear threats from its doorstep.