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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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Best case scenario for China is that NK keeps on keeping on.
Benefits are that the buffer between US ally (SK) and China border remains and China retains importance to the west as the only country with pull in NK.
If NK goes away, the US/SK is literally at their door and they can't leverage their NK influence. What is a stronger negotiating position... "Sure we'll try to get NK to back down, by the way, how about dropping those tariffs?" or "Remember when we used to help out with NK before it fell? Well, how about you drop those tariffs?"