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kumagawa on 01 July 2014
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phaedruss said:
Kongfucius said:
 


The Chinese back them to hedge American influence in East Asia - they're not massively supportive but so long as they're there,  their threats discourage a stronger military presence or other measures which the Chinese may not be very keen on - basically they ratchet up the tension and stop the west or Japan from getting hasty just in case they do have viable nukes or other WMDs


I don't normally support interventionism and that kind of policy, but in the case of North Korea I can make an exception lol. I really don't get what China has to gain from antagonizing the west and Japan at this point, especially over some two-bit military dictatorship that has nothing to offer them.


China supports NK so as not to have a USA ally on there land borders that's all there is to it.

It's the same reason for the Ukraine situation Russia doesn't want USA supporters right on there border.

Just be thankfull they're not as bad as the USA is? was? with non friendly nations being close to their coastal borders or it would be the cuban missle crisis again.