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Originally Posted by Vulcan
I doubt that any one city banning guns would have much effect when they are surrounded by areas without the ban. They wouldn't be able to enforce the ban and guns are just too easily available. The way I look at it, the US is in deep doody.
Back to N. Korea, if knocking off his uncle is just the start of the road to megalomania, Kim could end up making himself personae non grata with China. What is China able to do about it though, could also be interesting?
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China has lived with it since they wrested influence of North Korea away from the Soviet Union back in the late 60's.
The bottom line is that China likes things the way they are, North Korea acts as a buffer zone against the West in South Korea and Japan. It also takes attention away from China's questionable human rights record and military buildup.
On top of that why would China want to depose that government, they would end up having to feed 25 million starving North Koreans which would be a massive cost.
China will continue to support North Korea in exchange for mining and port rights, and the flow of cheap slave labor that North Korea provides.