Bubu
16th August 2017, 03:01
I have hinted before that N Korea crisis is about China and was second by others.
The problem with North Korea is China
First, announce that any North Korean nuclear strike will be treated as a nuclear strike from China. This treats the North Korean nuclear missile program in its proper context: an unconventional extension of China's strategic nuclear missile program. It will also place China on notice that we have seen through the deception that North Korea acts alone.
Second, enact economic sanctions on China to pressure North Korea to give up its nuclear program. International sanctions on North Korea will have no effect. Sanctions on China will have a direct effect. To this end, in late July, Japan blacklisted two Chinese firms for their ongoing trade with North Korea. The U.S. should reinforce Japan's effort.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-problem-with-north-korea-is-china/article/2631445?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fzen.yandex.com
"China and North Korea's worst nightmare is coming true with US missile defenses in South Korea"
In light of surging tensions between North Korea, its neighbors, and the US, South Korea has decided to deploy more powerful US missile defense batteries.
South Korean President Moon Jae In, who had initially been resistant to increased US missile defense deployments, requested talks on improving his country's defensive posture in light of recent threats from North Korea.
"They're moving forward," Col. Rob Manning, a Pentagon spokesman, told South Korea's Yonhap News. "In early May, we got initial intercept capability and they continue to build on that capability," said Manning of the US moving the defenses into South Korea during a transitional period before Moon came to power.
http://www.businessinsider.com/china-north-koreas-worst-nightmare-thaad-south-korea-2017-8?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fzen.yandex.com
Showdown: Trump Is Putting the Squeeze on China in the South China Sea
The Trump administration is stepping up pressure on China in a low-key campaign of increased naval activities aimed at undermining Beijing’s vast territorial claims over the South China Sea.
The US guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain on Aug. 10 sailed within 12 nautical miles of the disputed Mischief Reef – a key political battleground in the ongoing rivalry over whether the strategic waterway remains open international waters or becomes a Chinese lake.
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/showdown-trump-putting-the-squeeze-china-the-south-china-sea-21903?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fzen.yandex.com
The problem with North Korea is China
First, announce that any North Korean nuclear strike will be treated as a nuclear strike from China. This treats the North Korean nuclear missile program in its proper context: an unconventional extension of China's strategic nuclear missile program. It will also place China on notice that we have seen through the deception that North Korea acts alone.
Second, enact economic sanctions on China to pressure North Korea to give up its nuclear program. International sanctions on North Korea will have no effect. Sanctions on China will have a direct effect. To this end, in late July, Japan blacklisted two Chinese firms for their ongoing trade with North Korea. The U.S. should reinforce Japan's effort.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-problem-with-north-korea-is-china/article/2631445?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fzen.yandex.com
"China and North Korea's worst nightmare is coming true with US missile defenses in South Korea"
In light of surging tensions between North Korea, its neighbors, and the US, South Korea has decided to deploy more powerful US missile defense batteries.
South Korean President Moon Jae In, who had initially been resistant to increased US missile defense deployments, requested talks on improving his country's defensive posture in light of recent threats from North Korea.
"They're moving forward," Col. Rob Manning, a Pentagon spokesman, told South Korea's Yonhap News. "In early May, we got initial intercept capability and they continue to build on that capability," said Manning of the US moving the defenses into South Korea during a transitional period before Moon came to power.
http://www.businessinsider.com/china-north-koreas-worst-nightmare-thaad-south-korea-2017-8?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fzen.yandex.com
Showdown: Trump Is Putting the Squeeze on China in the South China Sea
The Trump administration is stepping up pressure on China in a low-key campaign of increased naval activities aimed at undermining Beijing’s vast territorial claims over the South China Sea.
The US guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain on Aug. 10 sailed within 12 nautical miles of the disputed Mischief Reef – a key political battleground in the ongoing rivalry over whether the strategic waterway remains open international waters or becomes a Chinese lake.
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/showdown-trump-putting-the-squeeze-china-the-south-china-sea-21903?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fzen.yandex.com