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To: michael97123 who wrote (484295)	5/29/2009 2:12:53 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574249

Michael, > does china covet any territory in the north or resources that might exist up there? Funny you should mention that, because I was about to edit my post with additional info. First of all, it is rumored that North Korea sold Baekdu Mountain to China. Or maybe it was Japan just before they occupied Korea starting in 1910. Either way, it has become somewhat of a sore spot between nationalistic Koreans and China, with Koreans claiming the mountain as their own in their national anthem and China trying to develop the area economically for tourism. Secondly, China covets North Korea's coal and other natural resources for its own economic expansion. North Korea can easily generate its own power using the mountains of coal it's sitting on, but they find it more valuable to sell it to China for hard currency like the yuan. (Then North Korea claims they need nuclear power for "peaceful purposes," but I digress.) Finally, North Korea is selling a lot of real estate to China. It might be hard for China to make a profit on its North Korean real estate thanks to the utter ineptitude of Dr. Evil's regime. But if the North Korean regime collapses, China stands to lose out on its holdings. China would have a legitimate gripe here because the land really does belong to North Korea to be sold as North Korea sees fit. Tenchusatsu