Trump says China tried but failed to help on North Korea
By Steve Holland and Michael Martina
ricky l
China will not want an untamed tiger in its backyard, especially one that will be wiedling nuclear weapons.
But China's hands are tied to do more to rein in on N Korea specifically :-
(1) By imposing tougher sanctions to the point of bringing down N Korea economy - it will lead to massive refugees problem and the collapse of N Korea will threaten China provinces bordering N Korea.
(2) China businesses and jobs that trade with N Korea will also be impacted - causing social problem to China.
(3) By pressing N Korea economically, N Korea may rely more on Russia - and this mean China will have less and less economic leverages on N Korea - in which China will not want - as N Korea will move away from China more and more - and may eventually pose problem to China.
(4) China will not want a collapse N Korea - as S Korea will unify N Korea - and US troop will move next to China border without a buffer zone.
Thus there is a limit what China can do to rein in N Korea.
N Korea is able to play out the 5 fingers (China, Russia, US, S Korea, Japan) from clenching into a fist on N Korea - by knowing the cards of all the 5 fingers.
But China's hands are tied to do more to rein in on N Korea specifically :-
(1) By imposing tougher sanctions to the point of bringing down N Korea economy - it will lead to massive refugees problem and the collapse of N Korea will threaten China provinces bordering N Korea.
(2) China businesses and jobs that trade with N Korea will also be impacted - causing social problem to China.
(3) By pressing N Korea economically, N Korea may rely more on Russia - and this mean China will have less and less economic leverages on N Korea - in which China will not want - as N Korea will move away from China more and more - and may eventually pose problem to China.
(4) China will not want a collapse N Korea - as S Korea will unify N Korea - and US troop will move next to China border without a buffer zone.
Thus there is a limit what China can do to rein in N Korea.
N Korea is able to play out the 5 fingers (China, Russia, US, S Korea, Japan) from clenching into a fist on N Korea - by knowing the cards of all the 5 fingers.
