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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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Its that and the issues 'the day after' that China wants no part of. It sounds cold and callous, but you can see their point here. If the regime falls tomorrow, millions of North Koreans flood northern China, and the Chinese simply don't want that, and don't want to deal with closing the border by force while a humanitarian disaster takes place across the river.
The callous part is that of course there is a disaster and terrible human rights violations taking place today. Its really unbelievable that we can stand by and allow it to happen when you think about it, which is why its easier not to.