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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
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.
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Yeah sure, as things stand N. Korea has it's uses for China. What I'm saying is if Kim goes off his rocker and gets to be too much of an embarrassment and or a danger. Kim walks a fine line and a screw up could put him out of business either by China or the US.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.