Re: Do you think China want N. Korea to have Nuclear bombs and it's not a threat to China's own safety and its political influence in the region? In fact, if you know more about the real relationship between China and N. Korea and...
...Pakistan:
China's Nuclear Exports and Assistance to Pakistan
China's nuclear trade and cooperation with Pakistan have caused significant concern in the West. Whereas most of China's other nuclear exports and cooperative projects have been for primarily non-weapons purposes (though there are still concerns given the Chinese refusal to accept full-scope safeguards and the dual-use nature of much nuclear technology), China has allegedly provided assistance directly to Pakistan's nuclear weapons program in the past. The United States government concluded that prior to its 1992 accession to the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), China had assisted Pakistan in developing nuclear explosives. For example, in 1983, US intelligence agencies reported that China had transferred a complete nuclear weapon design to Pakistan, along with enough weapons-grade uranium for two nuclear weapons.
In 1986, China concluded a comprehensive nuclear cooperation agreement with Pakistan. That same year, Chinese scientists had begun assisting Pakistan with the enrichment of weapons-grade uranium, and China also reportedly transferred enough tritium gas to Pakistan for 10 nuclear weapons. Since then, China has supplied Pakistan with a variety of nuclear products and services, ranging from uranium enrichment technology to research and power reactors. China allegedly involved Pakistani scientists in a nuclear test at its Lop Nur test site in 1989.
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China is using North Korea against Japan the same way it uses Pakistan against India: as a nuclear proxy. BTW, it's also the way the US toughie uses its Israeli moll against the Arab countries. Let's call it "nuclear gambit":
gam·bit
NOUN:
1. An opening in chess in which a minor piece, or pieces, usually a pawn, is offered in exchange for a favorable position.
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It makes more sense for China to have North Korea loosing off a first nuclear strike than to do the dirty job herself, doesn't it? |
