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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Fri Aug 11, 2017, 12:59 AM Aug 2017

Chinese Paper Says China Should Stay Neutral If North Korea Attacks First

Source: Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) - If North Korea launches an attack that threatens the United States then China should stay neutral, but if the United States attacks first and tries to overthrow North Korea's government China will stop them, a Chinese state-run newspaper said on Friday.

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"It needs to make clear its stance to all sides and make them understand that when their actions jeopardize China's interests, China will respond with a firm hand," said the paper, which does not represent government policy.

"China should also make clear that if North Korea launches missiles that threaten U.S. soil first and the U.S. retaliates, China will stay neutral," it added.

"If the U.S. and South Korea carry out strikes and try to overthrow the North Korean regime and change the political pattern of the Korean Peninsula, China will prevent them from doing so."

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-china-media-idUSKBN1AR005

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Chinese Paper Says China Should Stay Neutral If North Korea Attacks First (Original Post) Purveyor Aug 2017 OP

Isn't it something when the Chi-Com position seems sensible and the US sounds drunk? Midnight Writer Aug 2017 #1

China Will 'Defend' North Korea Purveyor Aug 2017 #2

I don't see how. They do a tremendous amount of business with S. Korea Warpy Aug 2017 #3

He won't, China has little influence in NK now ansible Aug 2017 #6

China needs a better dictator partner in N Korea than Kim Jong Un mdbl Aug 2017 #4

So the question is what demented clown goes first dembotoz Aug 2017 #5

Midnight Writer

(21,795 posts)

1. Isn't it something when the Chi-Com position seems sensible and the US sounds drunk?

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Fri Aug 11, 2017, 01:03 AM

Aug 2017

Purveyor

(29,876 posts)

2. China Will 'Defend' North Korea

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Fri Aug 11, 2017, 01:04 AM

Aug 2017

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The widely read state-run Global Times, published by the ruling Communist Party's official People's Daily, wrote in an editorial that Beijing is not able to persuade either Washington or Pyongyang to back down.

"If the US and South Korea carry out strikes and try to overthrow the North Korean regime and change the political pattern of the Korean Peninsula, China will prevent them from doing so."

China has long worried that any conflict on the Korean peninsula, or a repeat of the 1950-53 Korean War, could unleash a wave of destabilising refugees into its northeast, and could end up with a reunified county allied with the United States.

North Korea is a useful buffer state for China between it and US forces based in South Korea, and also across the sea in Japan.

The G lobal Timessaid China will "firmly resist any side which wants to change the status quo of the areas where China's interests are concerned".

"The Korean Peninsula is where the strategic interests of all sides converge, and no side should try to be the absolute dominator of the region."

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https://www.qt.com.au/news/china-will-defend-north-korea/3211438/

Warpy

(111,339 posts)

3. I don't see how. They do a tremendous amount of business with S. Korea

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Fri Aug 11, 2017, 01:09 AM

Aug 2017

In addition, the last thing they want is millions of NK refugees pouring over the border---and they would.

I strongly suspect L'il Kim is feeling the weight of a Chinese boot on his neck about now.