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North Korea - Taiwan Connection

A Nice article on "what China may be thinking" can be found here

Abstracted Juicy Bits:

"...It is becoming clear that China is not ready to make the same sacrifice again for a communist ally that has become a political embarrassment and a threat to the stability on which economic progress depends".

Ok, so China is back in our speed dial. Thats good. Everyone repeat after me, "Thank you President Nixon"

"...New urgency has been injected by a US intelligence report, conveyed to President Hu in a letter last week from US President George Bush, that North Korea has been exporting uranium in a form ready for enrichment".

Again, This supports the "timing" problem.

"...In the eyes of many people in China, had there not been the Korean War and China's forced involvement, there would not have existed a Taiwan question today," said Xiao Ren, of the Shanghai Institute for International Studies, in a paper read to Western scholars in December."

I wonder how the phrase "horse trading" translates into mandarin...

"...As North Korea withdrew from the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty and started bomb-making efforts, Beijing canvassed many options. One was a pre-emptive strike to halt any North Korean attack on the South. The Chinese military reported they could not reach the Demilitarised Zone quickly enough."

Sometimes, its just the thought that counts.

Posted @ February 13, 2005 03:43 PM | Current Affairs