Kobello
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- Feb 20, 2011
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I didn't mention any pro-american nation that surrounds China,nor did I mention N.Korea's relative military might over South.Your statement above is quite unintelligeable, lakini I have managed to make out what u are trying to say.
Really? Is n. Korea such a formidable state militarily, to be feared by all the pro-American states u have mentioned above in that region? It cant effectively function as a buffer for China, cos even the neighboring s. Korea, the US ally is more militarily advanced.
China is powerful enuff to take care of itself.
Whatever is keeping the peace in that region is not really the fear of n. Korea, but the Chinese growing military might which again, I doubt if it can match that of both the US and Russia.
My argument is the Chinese influence in curbing N.Korea.
China needs N.Korea as a strategic military buffer zone against US and Japan. That is a known fact.. China has no economic interest in N. Korea, the land is hardly tillable and has nothing under it. At least Mynamar (Burma) has a very important sea route that can affect ASEAN trade, but not N. Korea.
China will intervene if N.Korea is invaded, but will most likely pacify diplomatically if attacked.
Border brush-offs are common in Asia, even Africa, and they should not be used to identify military partnerships.