• North Korea: China stomping on 'red line' in relations
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[QUOTE](CNN)North Korean state media warned Thursday Beijing was crossing a "red line" in its relationship with Pyongyang, in a rare criticism of its closest ally. A commentary in the state-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun vowed North Korea would not give up its nuclear program. It accused China of "dancing to the tune of the US" and providing Washington excuses to deploy more military assets to the Korean Peninsula. The commentary urged two Chinese state-run newspapers, the People's Daily and Global Times, to refrain from making reckless remarks which risked undermining relations between the two countries. It comes after increased criticism of North Korea in Chinese state media amid heightened tensions in the region.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/04/asia/north-korea-china-relations-red-line/"]http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/04/asia/north-korea-china-relations-red-line/[/URL]
biting the hand that feeds you, eh north korea?
[QUOTE=DETrooper;52188215]biting the hand that feeds you, eh north korea?[/QUOTE] Well, the hand stopped feeding them a few months back.
[QUOTE=download;52188412]Well, the hand stopped feeding them a few months back.[/QUOTE] That was their own fault. So yeah, biting the hand that feeds you is apt, although late.
at this point is there anybody relevant who north korea isn't threatening? They're like a mad, tiny dog barking everything they see. Cept far less cute.
how many times have NK actually threatened China? I've always seen them threaten "the west" and the states, but so far haven't seen them attack China. Wonder what their reaction to it would be.
[QUOTE=Instant Mix;52189206]how many times have NK actually threatened China? I've always seen them threaten "the west" and the states, but so far haven't seen them attack China. Wonder what their reaction to it would be.[/QUOTE] Never, because their lifeblood was selling coal to China. Now China can get coal cheaper elsewhere, wants to move towards renewables, and would rather ditch North Korea to get in better favor with South Korea and capitalize on their booming immaterial markets. NK is [I]fucked beyond belief[/I] unless China starts buying their coal again. Before the Korean War, North Korea used to be the industrial, productive part of Korea, while South Korea was agricultural backwater with little value (but more people). Those roles are absolutely reversed now - NK produces effectively nothing of value except raw materials. SK has double the population and an absolutely massive market. China's in the process of ditching NK, and if it decides to cooperate with America, we'll probably see a unified Korea with China funneling money into the development of a reunified NK to bolster SK-Chinese relations and hasten economic recovery - sorta like what it's doing to parts of Africa right now.
Y'all have some really bad reading comprehension, NK didn't "threaten" China, they basically said "Hey you're pissing us off and you might ruin our relations so s-stop it!!!"
Everyday I'm waking up thinking 'was there a war with North Korea when I'm asleep' and its getting further away from that I'm glad.
[QUOTE=shian;52189440]Everyday I'm waking up thinking 'was there a war with North Korea when I'm asleep' and its getting further away from that I'm glad.[/QUOTE] Actually im pretty sure we're getting a lot closer to that since one of the only reasons North Korea could get away with half the shit they did just kind of left them out to dry.
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