[TigerLikesRooster]

Opinions are abound about what Chia Head is really up to in Yangzhou. I have a feeling that China jacked up the price for going along with NK's nuke and Chia's son as his successor. Some commentators are injecting their hope into their analysis and saying that he may give up on nukes in exchange for large economic help from China. However, he can get it from S. Korea or U.S., too, if he does so. He wants to keep nukes and install his son as the next leader. Only China can get along with them and still give economic help. That is why he is clinging to China. However, I wonder if the price of China's accommodation is going up to the level Chia Head cannot tolerate. I am not sure what that price may be. Ceding some sovereign control to China perhaps? Stationing Chinese advisers to counsel economic or military affairs? Overt presence of Chinese overseers inside NK government.

[TigerLikesRooster]

P!

[Allegra]

He’s so ronery...

[Iris7]

Excellent analysis. Very much in tune with my understanding of Chinese politics - policy - diplomacy. “The more things change the more things stay the same”, as Sun Tzu might have put it.