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Could North Korea again save Taiwan?
NK News ^
| November 16th, 2015
| Dennis P. Halpin
Posted on 11/16/2015 3:18:56 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Could North Korea again save Taiwan?
Continued risks of instability north of the DMZ may distract from coming cross-Straits tensions
Dennis P. Halpin
November 16th, 2015
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Beijing had previously used the collapse of its former advisory, the Soviet Union, to reposition its military strength from the northern frontier to areas adjacent to Taiwan. And Xi gave no indication that his meeting with Taiwanâs Ma Ying-jeou would lead to any reduction in the estimated 1,800 missiles aimed at Taiwan.
What could, however, lead to a redeployment of PLA forces northward and a re-evaluation of priorities would be another crisis triggered by North Korea. All eyes in Asia were directed on Pyongyang during the Workersâ Party of Korea (WPK) anniversary on October 10th given expectations that Kim Jong Un would order another missile launch or even conduct a fourth underground nuclear test in defiance of Security Council resolutions. In his recent work North Korean House of Cards, North Korea leadership expert Ken Gause has written that âwhile the Kim regime may not be on the brink of collapse, it may continue in a state of perpetual uncertainty, with the possibility of collapse ever present.â
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; northkorea; taiwan
To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; endthematrix; ...
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posted on
11/16/2015 3:19:27 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: TigerLikesRooster
WSJ’s Saturday edition suggested China may have reached the point of giving up on “taking” Taiwan.
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posted on
11/16/2015 4:42:41 AM PST
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
WSJ is also Murdoch’s mouthpiece. He is against Trump, and can not longer be completely believed.
To: Cringing Negativism Network
The Journal has been completely opposed to Trumpism, for sure.
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posted on
11/16/2015 4:45:54 AM PST
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: Cringing Negativism Network
WSJ is also Murdochâs mouthpiece. He is against Trump, and can not longer be completely believed.
Not only that, but what was at one time a true voice for conservatism (National Review under William F. Buckley) has been taken over by the Log Cabin Rump Rangers & Booty Bandits, along with all sorts of amnesty pimps.
Each day, I start with Drudge to see if there are any major breaking stories, then it's on to FR which has always been a far more reliable news source.
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posted on
11/16/2015 4:52:10 AM PST
by
mkjessup
(Trump & Cruz are the ONLY candidates to which we can trust America's security.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Tiger...Tiger...Tiger....let your readers know when you are posting a piece from this site.
Most will not know that this is a Nork propaganda site. I seriously doubt if these “Western-named writers” actually exist.
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posted on
11/20/2015 12:32:46 AM PST
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus sum -- "The Taliban is inside the building")
To: Tainan
Dennis Halpin appears to be a real person. Andrei Lankov writes columns here occasionally. He is a Russian academic with in-depth knowledge about NK regime and communist system in general. His article is quite informative. This man teaches at an university in S. Korea. There are some questionable so-called NK specialists in S. Korea. He is not one of them. I followed his writings for some years. In early years (before he joined NK News contributors,) he entertained ideas about some kind of engagement. Since then, he drooped the idea. Can you tell me what makes you think that this site is a propaganda site?
I worry more about Mansurov guy at 38north.org. His view is more sympathetic to N. Korea, a kind of guy Foggy Bottom loves to have around.
If I see at this site a fellow who talks like Selig Harrison or Bruce Cummings, I will let you know.
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posted on
11/20/2015 4:52:38 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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