Have the Chicoms finally had it with the Norks?

American Thinker ^ | February 24, 2017 | Monica Showalter

[AU72]

From the South China Morning Post: China will take ‘necessary steps’ for security if North Korean regime collapses Beijing vows to ‘fully enforce’ UN sanctions against Pyongyang, despite being ‘friendly neighbour’ For the Chinese to suddenly talk publicly about the North Korea's imminent demise and the importance of enforcing UN sanctions against what had been a close ally until now suggests something fairly unfriendly going on. China's actions suggest that the Norks finally have a whipping coming. It would be a welcome thing if China ended its games-playing, even if it helped itself to North Korea's mineral resources, and just got rid of this odious little menace.

[saleman]

Some good comments at the site.

Consensus seems to be that China has a great opportunity to get rid of a great big thorn in it’s side.

[minnesota_bound]

It would be nice if the Chinese would kill him but they did nothing when he had a South Korean naval ship sunk without warning or cause. If they do not kill him I predict a nuclear attack somewhere like in Israel from weapons supplied to the Iranians or the USA by this guy.

[Uncle Sam 911]

The South Koreans have been studying the reunification of Germany for 25 years. They will be ready.

[Bender2]

Re: The Chinese want global respect for the military forces a beat down on North Korea with getting them in that respect. I’m not sure why they haven’t done it before now they want Taiwan the Korea’s want to be reunited you could cripple South Korea and show that you’re serious about reunification with that woman by taking out the Norks.

Talk about... a world championship run-on sentence!

Where in the world... did you go to school?

[Jacob Kell]

Yet, isn’t banking, industry, etc, still nationalized? Isn’t agriculture still collectivized?

[jalisco555]

Yes, but the people who work there have to buy their necessities and small luxuries somewhere and according to the author most of this is done in huge markets, many of which have hundreds of stalls selling almost everything. Not so much a modern mall as a medieval market.

[trebb]

Any doubts that the Norks came up in Trump’s (and his admin) talks to date? If they want to save face, there are strings attached and the growing evidence it was the Norks that used the nerve agent on “beloved leader’s” relative probably doesn’t make it as hard for China to start seeing the light.

[Colonelbuzzsaw]

The Chinese want global respect for the military forces a beat down on North Korea with getting them in that respect. I’m not sure why they haven’t done it before now they want Taiwan the Korea’s want to be reunited you could cripple South Korea and show that you’re serious about reunification with that woman by taking out the Norks.

What woman are you referring to in your comment? I have no idea what your point is.

Punctuation is our friend. It provides clarity. Short, definitive sentences are admirable and add to clarity.

Using actual names or titles for people instead of pronouns or "that woman" add to clarity and specificity.

I invite you to try again.

[Impy]

I’m not even gonna try to figure out what that fellow is trying to say.

[Billthedrill]

You always end up trying to read tea leaves when these two countries collide. At least part of the issue is that the Chinese have been planning post-Kim Jong Un policies for some time and His Rotundity is doing his best to forestall any rivals, internally by such accidents as people being inadvertently tied to posts about to be blown away by antiaircraft artillery. Externally, however, especially in public and by VX, that's quite an escalation.

My guess is as good or bad as any, but I suspect that the Chinese will try to keep their buffer state but under new management. Unification puts a U.S. ally on their border, and they've put up with quite a lot to keep that from happening, including allowing Soviet interference in their nominal sphere of influence and invading when the latter failed. I wouldn't think unification would be very high on the Chinese agenda, but Kimmie joining the choir invisible just might. Just my in-the-dark $0.02.

[Jacob Kell]

I presume that the NK state tolerates this market setup, but does it try to ensure some degree of government involvement and control in it?

[jalisco555]

The description in the book made it sound like a pretty independent operation given the nature of the products sold. I’m sure there are lines that can’t be crossed but the fact that people could purchase South Korean television shows shows, albeit somewhat clandestinely, shows that the government is losing control.

[Jacob Kell]

Then again, one wonders why the North Korean people don’t rise up against the thugs running the place. Is it because the Kim’s successfully maintained the loyalty of the military and secret police, and the people are too afraid to rock the boat? Also, are there still state stores?

[jalisco555]

It isn’t easy to rise up in a police state. Look at the Soviet Union or East Germany. People understood for years that they were miserable compared to the West. But it took a long time for them to collectively decide that they’d had enough. The author thinks that North Korea will gradually liberalize but history doesn’t support that happening. When the regime falls it will do so spectaculary.