[TigerLikesRooster]

I am beginning to think that the timing of China's creating this controversy shows that China definitely wants to have a de-facto take-over of N. Korea, should N. Korean regime fall. That may well be the price China wants to exact from U.S. for taking care of loose-cannon Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[wagglebee]

The Chicoms scare me, but I would much rather have them running North Korea than Kim Jong Il. We at least have a "cordial" relationship with China. Let them take out Kim Jong Il, and they can be the bad guys.

Sooner or later, there will be more democratic protests in China and the government will have to back down, Tienemann Square could not happen with the internet and other modern advances in China, there would be a nationwide revolt.

The big problem is money. We were able to spend the Soviets into defeat. But for some bizarre reason, we are pumping billions into China. That makes the "Soviet model" for defeating communism impossible.

[nuconvert]

I've wondered that, too.
You may be right.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[SunkenCiv]

Seoul Protests Chinese Claim To Ancient Kingdom ^
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