United Nations Ambassadors Vasily Nebenzya of Russia, left, Liu Jieyi of China, center, and Nikki Haley of the U.S., right, confer after the United Nations nonproliferation meeting on North Korea, Sept. 4, 2017 at U.N. headquarters.
Oriana Skylar Mastro, Newsweek: Will China Invade North Korea and Take Its Nuclear Facilities?
On the surface, China’s North Korea policy seems relatively consistent. China is keen to demonstrate that it is cooperating with international efforts to rein in North Korea, including allowing the passage of various U.N. Security Council sanctions on the regime.
But China has also been unwilling to push the Kim regime as much as the United States wants, primarily for fear of provoking reckless behavior on the part of Kim Jong Un, as well as the loss of any influence China has left.
However, if one looks a bit deeper, China’s North Korea strategy is evolving in subtle and significant ways.
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WNU Editor: China may feel "boxed in" by North Korea at the moment .... Observers: North Korea Pushing Longtime Ally Beijing Into Corner (William Ide, VOA), but that is not enough for Beijing to order its military forces to invade into North Korea and seize its nuclear facilities and assets. If you break it you own it, and for now China has no interest in owning it. But the above Newsweek analysis is correct .... there has been a major shift away from North Korea by China, and it is still continuing/evolving.
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