Posted on 12/25/2006 3:33:45 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
China may decide to engineer coup in N.K. next year: monthly
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- Participants in an unpublicized White House meeting, called by U.S. President George W. Bush himself, two months ago discussed the possibility that China may arrange a coup in Pyongyang to bring down the regime sometime late next year, the Oriental Economist reported in its December edition.
China was still oscillating between options, but participants generally agreed that Beijing's mood is changing toward the North's Kim Jong-il regime, "with Beijing gradually, somewhat grudgingly, concluding that some kind of 'regime change' may be needed," the monthly said.
White House meeting prompted restart of 6-party talks: sources
Bush discusses China’s role, seems to hand over authority on matter to Rice
An unofficial meeting presided over by U.S. President George W. Bush two months ago reportedly played a critical role in restarting the stalled six-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear program. The six-nation format, involving the two Koreas, the U.S., China, Russia, and Japan, was held in Beijing last week.
Multiple diplomatic sources confirmed that after holding a meeting with foreign affairs experts on October 25, the U.S. gave the green light for China’s suggested three-way closed-door session attended by Washington, Beijing, and Pyongyang in November, which in turn led to the resumption of the six-party talks early this month.
Just after the October meeting, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told reporters that Washington had a "comprehensive policy" designed to induce the North to make constructive choices regarding its nuclear weapons program.
The meeting, which was held after Secretary Rice’s return from her trip to South Korea, China, Japan, and Russia, was said to be attended by Vice President Dick Cheney, cheifs of staff Joshua Bolten and Karl Rove, Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Bonnie Glaser of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, as well as Secretary Rice and National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley. Another source said that James Kelly, former U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, was invited but declined the offer. The session lasted about an hour, sources said.
During the meeting, President Bush reportedly questioned whether China could change its attitude toward the North to place more pressure on Pyongyang. In response to President Bush’s queries about China’s changing role, experts at the meeting told him that there is no doubt that China is feeling uncomfortable with the North and is moving toward a hard-line stance in dealing with the communist country.
Peter Ennis, U.S. Bureau Chief for the news weekly Toyo Keizai, also participated in the meeting. Ennis said in an article published in the Oriental Economist Report after the meeting that some experts at the meeting mentioned the possibility of a military coup staged by China in the North after President Hu Jintao consolidates his power base on the mainland.
After the meeting, President Bush seemed to have decided to give his support to China’s role in the proceedings, and to hand over full authority on the matter to Secretary of State Rice, the sources said. On October 25, Secretary Rice said that the U.S.’s main objective in diplomacy is to create an environment where the North is under pressure to make better decisions, thus holding it responsible for what it does. Two days later, the U.S. accepted the Chinese proposal for the three-way talks.
Whatever the case is, one thing is certain: Chia Head is getting lonelier(or ronerier.)
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Good job.
Obviously something has to happen in North Korea as things seem to be deteriorating there. The Chineese don't want a mass exodus of Koreans to come to China and they can't have a very unstable nuclear power on their doorstep.
What's to say a threatened n.Korea won't use those nukes on China or start a reall donnybrook over there by lobbing one on Japan, South Korea and even Shanghi?
You are probably correct. Don't think China wants either N.Korea or Japan as nuclear capeable.
Perhaps Kim Jung-il could be exiled to the US and work as a special adviser to Nancy Pelosi. I'm sure he would also be a hit speaking at various universities in the US and perhaps could get a faculty position at the U of Colorado in Boulder in Ward Churchill's Department.
Because the entire N.Korean Army is indirectly under Beijing's Payroll and it only takes a Pro-Beijing Officer in their ranks to remind them that.
Please, folks...if you're going to instigate a coup, you don't announce it. This is just propaganda from the Beijing government to try and convince us that China is on our side against North Korea ("yeah, those guys are crazy, but don't worry I've got your back!").
YEAH.
RIGHT.
The Chinese want to keep Kim Jong-Il around. They want him to continue doing what he's doing. Why? Because he keeps American attention focused on himself, while the Chinese work behind the scenes to destroy us.
They support him 100%, and these fake "sources" are Chinese government agents feeding you a nice-tasting placebo.
"China may decide to engineer coup in N.K. next year: monthly."
You think Lil Kim is consulting the NY Times to find out what date this coup will take place?
I dont think they support him 100%, but they do want to use him in a future action..like invading S K to take our minds off other places, like south and central america.
They already have Iran and the mid east to take up our time there.
Remember what they say; Divide and Conquer.
a coup? How bou5t a cleansing? http://sacredscoop.com
OH OH Chia Pet going be roaney this Christmas LOL!
Monthly? Sure, why not. China should engineer a coup in N Kor every month for a year until the N Kors get the clue.
tick, tock, tick, tock
Merry Christmas Tiger Dude!
All the Best to you & yours.
I agree the likelihood of China inducing a coup is remote. But they do have this problem, ie: nuclear North Korea = nuclear Japan. I believe the Chinese seriously do NOT want to see a nuclear Japan. That is their only reason for even pretending to be involved in these "six party talks" and the only thing they have to fear. Refugees? Fah. Refugees can be gunned down at the border. This is China we're talking about after all.
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