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>>375905 >I don't see what there is to stop China from quietly supplying North Korea with the tools of the trade and bleeding America slowly. The influx of Best Korea refugees across their borders and their economic stability.
Perhaps 50 years ago they would have been balls out about support NK in a war against SK/US, but they've gotten far more capitalist and complacent since then. Also, my understanding is that the Xenophobia commonly associated with Japan exists throughout the Asian world, including other Asian cultures (so Japan doesn't want Chinese immigrants as much as they don't want American ones, China doesn't want Japanese or Koreans, etc.)
IIRC, the debt they have is only about 8% of our total debt, and the majority of that in U.S. bonds (which have to be paid back after a certain amount of time), so us "defaulting" (which I'm not sure is even possible) isn't their biggest issue--their biggest issue is that if there were a U.S. moratorium on Chinese-made goods (or America were somehow hurt enough by such a war that their companies went out of business and closed all the shops), a decent chunk of their population would suddenly be without work, which might cause a worker's revolt.
There might also be a concern that if America goes tits-up in the war they'll just toss a nuke at NK, especially with NK's own "nukes" a threat to us. The possibility of this is infinitesimally small, but real, and the effects would certainly harm China as much as they'd harm South Korea.
That China supported sanctions against NK recently shows a changing wind. I think they're tired of the bullshit as well, but perhaps also worried that if Kim Jung-Un goes off his rocker and actually tries to fire a nuke at someone that it will be so horribly crafted that the targeting system will put it in China. (At least, I would be concerned about that if I were right across the border.)
Really, the world should just go "fuck this bullshit", get some SEAL Team 6 up in Pyongyang with a coalition of forces, capture Kim and the army heads, then call the whole country off. While you'd certainly have some retaliation along the border and possibly insurgents, I think the transition would be a lot smoother than Iraq/Afghanistan, especially if you establish NK as a country-state under joint SK/US oversight. The amount of country building in the area between SK, China, and Russia would be a huge boon. Establish a DMZ along the Chinese border to somewhat placate China's fears of a Western neighbor and call it a day.
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