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Strategies & Market Trends : China Warehouse- More Than Crockery -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RealMuLan who wrote (625)	8/31/2003 2:11:50 PM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6370

Is China's Patience Running Out? Was the first-round of six-way talks in Beijing a success or failure? North Korea says the talks were useless and harmful from every aspect, while the United States has been less than forthcoming about the results. Seoul is trying hard to put a positive spin on the talks that didn’t even produce a modest outcome _ fixing a date and venue for the second round. China, as host, feels embarrassed, while Russia is less energetic about the outlook for future talks. Japan had to settle for the fact that it raised an issue over the future of Japanese nationals abducted by the Stalinist state. By many standards, the meeting can hardly be called a success. But experts say it was better than no meeting. ``Rather than calling it a success or failure, I think that the important thing was that the meeting provided a chance for the parties involved to have an exchange of their views,’’ Scott Snyder, Seoul representative of the Asia Foundation, said. He said that now was not the time to assess the meeting, saying that real assessment would come after delegations finish debriefings with their respective governments and the respective assessments will influence their next moves. ``The one thing for sure is that the North has put the patience of China and Russia to the test,’’ he said. China, host of the talks and the North’s only viable ally, was greatly embarrassed by North downplaying the usefulness of the talks. Even Chinese analysts now say the North is resorting to its past tactic of brinkmanship. He questioned whether, as things stand now, China will be able to stand up to say no to any future attempt by Washington to take the matter to the United Nations Security Council, as it did in July. Referral to council will likely be followed by a statement of condemnation that will certainly push Pyongyang further into diplomatic isolation. times.hankooki.com