[Quix]

Interesting question.

I think China COULD HAVE tons of influence on NK in SOME contexts, situations.

But

1) The context would have to be suited to it.

2) The Chinese would have to feel sufficiently motivated to exert sufficient pressure of the likely successful sort.

3) NK's megalamaniacal leaders would have to have synchronous flashes of sanity sufficient to yield to such pressure.

It would be interesting to see what China would do if millions of starving etc. NK's started flooding that border regardless of being mowed down.

China hasn't been too thrilled at the refugees that have filtered across already.

But that's a far cry from giving NK trouble on the world stage.

That's a lot of ducks to have in a row.

[ken5050]

It's the timing..the proximity of the start the Iraqi waer with the NK eruption......seems way too coincidental.....the NKs actually had a good thing going with the recent election in SK...so why would they jeopardize that?.....unless they've been told to start acting up...and the only ones with any sway over them are the PRC...