| Nem said: I think closing companies and invading is a bit of a leap there. China does want NK to stop beeing dangerous to everyone, wich is sensible as it will only atract war to the region and have an economic cost. If China wanted to invade it would be very easy. I don't even see why NATO would sanction them as they would be doing everyone a favor. |
It's cause the US doesn't want China expanding their own territories and we can see this when the US is allowing Taiwan to purchase its weapons. The US also striked down chinese claims of sovereignty to the Senkaku Islands which was administered by the US after WWII then they later handed it over to Japan ...
China does not want sanctions so they do not put a leash on North Korea much like how they won't put a leash on Taiwan (and it's not even a UN member state!) but the US does not want China to expand it's territories either so North Korea retains it's independence. China also doesn't want reunification along the Korean peninsula since an aggressor state would get closer to them ...
If the US, South Korea or Japan want any relief the most former has to agree to it and the second most former has to give up any future claims to North Korea and acknowledge it as a new potential chinese province ... (It may be too late for South Korea's dream of reunification just like Germany's reunification but there's still time to prevent a new world war and take the option with the least amount of bloodshed)
