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Originally Posted by Wormius
This is interesting. So, why does China take such an interest in NK? I know it backed it during the Korean War, but China taking sides with NK and pissing off North America, Europe, and other democractic Asian countries makes no sense. I would think losing NK as an ally is far less damaging than potentially losing trade partners.
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Lots of reasons, first of all North Korea is still resource rich in Strategic minerals.
They do it because its one of the last Eastern communist states
Its more agreeable to China to have a strong ally on its boarder as opposed to a Western Ally
If the Chinese ever go after Taiwan they can influence Naval pressure from the South and pressure Japan better via air bases to not allow americans to launch attacks from the Japanese mainland.