[TWohlford]

"...Why is il(l) Dong suddenly "Sowwie"?"

Because the Chinese have had their fill of DPRK.

As covered in http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1722000/posts, the Chinese are more furious with DPRK than anyone else. DPRK has outlived its Maoist charm. Invading North Korea would be bad for Chinese business (Tibet all over again), but obviously China has made it clear that they won't tolorate this behavior.

It's clear to me that the Chinese offered Kim a choice between life and death, between exploding train stations and living a long life enjoying his wine collection.

[Nathan Zachary]

From what i gather, He's not that sorry. He's only sorry he was "forced" into doing it because of Bush.
He will only stop if Bush backs down and offers concessions.
Failing that, war is inevitable. Media is just respinning the same old news, and taking the word "sowwie" way out of context, making it seem as if China is doing what Bush can't (and shouldn't)

[unspun]

It's clear to me that the Chinese offered Kim a choice between life and death, between exploding train stations and living a long life enjoying his wine collection.

Something like that. And don't anyone think that American pressure had nothing to do with China's move.

Furthermore, we can be quite confident that Bush, Rice (and Rove and Mehlman) will take this material and do further good work with it.