Steven Vincent Johnson wrote:
Ed sez:
Jed sez:
If it is a hoax, they have fooled the Chinese government, and enraged
it. Since they depend on that government for survival, it seems like a
stupid thing to do.
Of course, this assumes the Chinese are really upset. Having NK being a
nuclear power to distract attention from what the Chinese are doing
would be a clever ploy. We shall have to wait to see what the Chinese
actually do to NK.
Ed
That's a tad too conspiratorial for me, even though I would agree with the
likelihood that what China says should not necessarily be linked with what
they eventually do.
From what I gather China is terrified of the disquieting possibility of
furthering the collapse of the regime. It would cause a catastrophic
increase of refugees, starving and desperate, streaming across the boarder
into China. That's a "not in my backyard" scenario they want to avoid at all
costs.
That may in fact be the best thing that could happen. The world would be
willing to help and unlike Darfor there are roads, rail links to ports
etc to move the refugees and supplies. Chinese communisms greater fear
is the millions of korean people, disausioned with communism, talking to
much to the chinese.
regards,
Steven Vincent Johnson
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